Santé et médecine en ligne
Publié le 18/11/2008
Biotechnologies and intellectual property : some aspects of the relationship between the two of them
Intellectual property has developed a keen interest on biotechnologies for more than two decades. The implementation of the 98/44 EC directive concerning the legal protection of the biotechnological inventions confirms this increasing relationship between science and law. The content of this article is aimed to define biotechnologies, the necessity of patent protection for biotechnologies and the legal hurdles to that protection. This article was part of an essay on the directive 98/44 EC for the IP course attended during the 3rd bachelor year of the author at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (Brussels).
