Patenting Nanomedicine: Applying the 'Medical Methods Exception' to Emerging Technologies

Name: Patenting Nanomedicine: Applying the 'Medical Methods Exception' to Emerging Technologies
Brand: DJOF Publishing
SKU: 9788757435856
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Author: Ana Nordberg
ISBN: 9788757435856

By Ana Nordberg

DJOF Publishing January 2017

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9788757435856
Publisher: DJOF Publishing
Publication: January 2017
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Denmark ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

The book debates restrictions on the patentability of medical methods in European Patent Law. The main question addressed is whether it is viable and advisable the reinterpretation, reformulation or replacement of Article 53 (c) EPC - a provision restricting the patenting of medical methods.

The subject is approached by reference to emerging technologies, and using nanomedicine innovation as example and point of departure. Nanotechnology inventions blur the lines between patentable subject matter and what may fall under the exception from patentability. It is a good example of how in recent years, emerging technologies have been challenging the patent system and exposing the need for re-thinking the adopted solutions.

Foreword

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Theoretical justifications for patents right and the medical methods exception

Chapter 3. Legal construction of the EPC medical methods exception

Chapter 4. Methods for treatment and diagnosis in the USA patent system

Chapter 5. Nanomedicine

Chapter 6. Applying the medical methods exception to Nanomedicine inventions

Chapter 7. Moving on: Alternatives to the current legal formulation nof the medical methods exception

Chapter 8. Conclusions

Bibliography

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