This authoritative new work analyzes European plant intellectual property rights. While the focus of the work is on Europe—and in particular the European Patent Convention, Community Regulation on Plant Variety Rights, and the EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions—these provisions are discussed within the context of international legislation including the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and the Convention on Biological Diversity. This is the first book to look at the impact of plant intellectual property rights on the European plant breeding industry, and it assesses whether recent developments, such as the Novartis decision, will assist plant breeders from all sectors of plant breeding activities in the production of new plant products. In addition to a thorough discussion of the legislation, the book includes unique empirical research results obtained by the authors as part of a two year research project funded by the European Union, which surveyed attitudes towards, and use of, plant intellectual property rights within the European plant breeding community.
Author(s): Margaret Llewelyn, Mike Adcock
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 551
Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Table of Cases......Page 13
Table of Legislation......Page 15
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 27
II. DEFINING EUROPE......Page 29
III. DEFINING THE PROPERTY RIGHT......Page 34
IV. ARE BOTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS?......Page 50
V. DEFINING THE SCIENCE......Page 63
VI. KEY POLICY MAKERS......Page 73
VII. USE OF OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS......Page 75
VIII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN PRACTICE......Page 76
IX. CONCLUSION......Page 95
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 101
II. AN OVERVIEW OF US PLANT PROTECTION......Page 103
III. AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT......Page 127
IV. CONCLUSION......Page 158
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 161
II. EUROPEAN PLANT PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY......Page 162
III. PLANT PROPERTY PROVISION IN THE 1950S......Page 165
IV. THE HISTORY OF UPOV......Page 168
V. THE UPOV CONVENTION48......Page 177
VI. GENERAL CONCERNS OVER THE CONVENTION......Page 222
VII. CONCLUSION......Page 224
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 227
II. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE REGULATION......Page 230
III. THE REGULATION......Page 233
IV. KEY ISSUES......Page 244
V. CONCLUSION......Page 270
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 273
II. THE PARIS CONVENTION AND THE PATENTING OF PLANT MATERIAL......Page 274
III. THE HISTORY OF THE EPC: THE STRASBOURG CONVENTION......Page 277
IV. THE EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENTION......Page 283
V. CONCLUSION......Page 312
II. ARTICLE 53(B)......Page 315
III. EPO POLICY AND PRACTICE REGARDING GENETIC RESOURCES AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 347
IV. POST-GRANT ISSUES......Page 349
V. EPO DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEXT......Page 360
VI. CONCLUSION......Page 363
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 367
II. THE ROAD TO ADOPTION......Page 370
III. DIRECTIVE 98/44......Page 390
IV. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS OF PATENT LAW IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING......Page 413
V. OTHER RELATED EU LEGISLATION......Page 418
VI. THE RESPONSE FROM INDUSTRY......Page 419
VII. CONCLUSION......Page 420
II. ASSESSING THE VIEWS OF PLANT BREEDERS......Page 423
III. CONCLUSION......Page 479
II. DIVERSITY IN FUNCTION AND EXPERIENCE......Page 481
III. KEY ISSUES......Page 484
IV. CONCLUSION......Page 539
Index......Page 553
