Stem cells
Patentability of inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells
By AWA | Posted on October 20, 2011
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has recently issued a decision clarifying the situation on patentability, in Europe, of inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells. In the decision it is declared that the concept of a “human embryo”, the exploitation of which is excluded from patentability according to the EU Biotechnology Directive...
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