Embryonic Stem Cell Patents: European Law And Ethics

Synopsis

A Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Analysis Of The Eu Patent System As Applied To Biotechnological Inventions, This Text Also Considers The Legal And Ethical Controversies Arising From Overlapping Law Regimes In The Morally Fragmented And Contested Field Of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Related Technology. The Drafting History Of The European Biotechnology Directive / Gerard Porter -- Towards Commonality? : Policy Approaches To Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research In Europe / Rosario M. Isasi And Bartha M. Knoppers -- Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research In Central And Eastern Europe : A Comparative Analysis Of Regulatory And Policy Approaches / Josef Kure -- Morality Provisions In Law Concerning The Commercialisation Of Human Embryos And Stem Cells / Adrian Viens -- A Comparative Analysis Of The National Implementation Of The Directive's Morality Clause / Åsa Hellstadius -- The Construction Of The Directive's Moral Exclusions Under The Epc / Paul Torremans -- Towards Systemic Legal Conflict : Article 6(2)(c) Of The Biotech Directive / Aurora Plomer -- Human Dignity, Human Rights And Article 6(1) Of The Biotech Directive / Aurora Plomer -- Jurisdictional And Institutional Aspects Of Stem Cell Patenting In Europe (ec And Epo): Institutional And Jurisdictional Tensions Of Stem Cells Patenting In Europe / Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbert -- A Transnational Institution Confronted With A Single Jurisdiction Model : Guidance For The Epo's Implementation Of The Directive From A Private International Law Perspective / Paul Torremans -- An Ethics Committee For Patent Offices / Elodie Petit -- The Research Exemption In Patent Law And Its Application To Hesc Research / Asa Hellstadius -- Human Embryos, Patents And Global Trade : Assessing The Scope And Contents Of The Trips Morality Exception / Gerard Porter -- Stem Cells Patenting And Competition Law / Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbert. Edited By Aurora Plomer And Paul Torremans. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.