Publié le 23/08/2005
The patentability of biotechnological inventions: the European Commission’s second 16c report
On 14 July 2005, the European Commission submitted its second report (Commission document COM(2005) 312 final, Brussels, 14.07.2005) pursuant to Article 16c of the Directive 98/44/EC of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (hereafter ‘Directive’ – OJ L 213, 30.7.1998). Hereafter we briefly outline the comments made in this Commission document.…