TY - JOUR
T1 - Morally Regulating Innovation
T2 - What is 'Commercial Exploitation'?
AU - Warren-Jones, Amanda
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Discusses the circumstances in which a European patent may be refused for a biotechnological invention because of concern about the morality of the invention, focusing on the meaning of commercial exploitation in this context. Reviews case law, considering whether the research methods used to develop the invention, the potential use of the invention, and the exclusivity and monopoly which the applicant seeks may be subject to scrutiny.
AB - Discusses the circumstances in which a European patent may be refused for a biotechnological invention because of concern about the morality of the invention, focusing on the meaning of commercial exploitation in this context. Reviews case law, considering whether the research methods used to develop the invention, the potential use of the invention, and the exclusivity and monopoly which the applicant seeks may be subject to scrutiny.
KW - Biotechnology
KW - European patents
KW - morality
KW - patentability
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M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 193
EP - 212
JO - Intellectual Property Quarterly
JF - Intellectual Property Quarterly
SN - 1364-906X
ER -