Biopatent law: patent strategies and patent management

Patents protecting biotechnological invention are becoming ever more important. Because biotechnology has many differences with respect to other technologies, lessons learned in other fields of technology cannot simply be transferredto adopt a suitable strategy for dealing with biotechnology inventions. In this volume, general aspects of biopatent law will be discussed. This involves questions of patentability, including ethical issues and issues of technicality, as well as questions of patent exhaustion in cases were reproducible subjectmatter, like cells or seeds, is protected. Moreover, active and passive patent strategies are addressed. Further, insight will be given into patent lifetime management and additional protective measures, like supplementary protectioncertificates and data exclusivity. Here, strategies are discussed how market exclusivity can be extended as long as possible, which is particularly important for biopharmaceutical drugs, which create high R&D costs. Improves the understanding of patent issues. Written by internationally active experts. Provides a clear overview of the basics of patent management andstrategies. INDICE: Andreas Huebel: General Issues of Biotech Patents. Thilo Schmelcher: Active and Passive Patent Strategies. Ulrich Storz: Patent Lifetime Management, SPCs and Data Exclusivity.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-24845-0
• Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 44
• Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés