@article{13672,
      author = {Westerlund, Li,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/13672},
      title = {Biotech patents : equivalence and exclusions under  European and U.S. patent law /},
      abstract = {This book discusses patent legal issues regarding  inventions in the field of biotechnology. The scope of a  patent is of central concern, and since biotechnology is  very different from other technologies, the requirements  for disclosure and infringement are in focus. Eligibility  issues are touched upon, although from more of an  explanatory perspective, since the law is settled in this  respect. The material for the analyses includes the  European practices under the EPC, those of the United  Kingdom, Germany, and the US. The mandated exclusions from  patentability under the European patent laws of categories  of plant and animal subject matter and certain biological  processes are also analysed. Claim interpretation is the  common theme. The challenge has been to present a  comprehensive basis for grasping the substantive law for  the field of biotechnology. The book examines thoroughly  the differences between practices, and the consequences of  those differences for the possibility of being granted a  patent for an invention, and the infringement doctrines'  effects for what might be called a patent's 'after-life',  i.e. the scope of its protection.},
      recid = {13672},
      pages = {x, 351 pages ;},
}