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Patentability of Human Stem Cells and Cell Lines


Geertrui Van Overwalle


Leuven University; Tilburg University
2004

The Danish Council of Ethics and the University of Copenhagen Conference, 2004

Abstract:     
The paper starts with a survey of the current European and U.S. patent practice with regard to human stem cell technology. The paper then offers an overview of the current European patent framework for human stem cells and critically examines the recommendations put forward in the Opinion of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies Opinion. Finally, there is an examination of the critical relationship between patent law and research. In doing so, attention is paid to the indirect and direct effects of patents on research.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 23

Keywords: Patents, Human stem cells, European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

JEL Classification: I18, K11, O32, O34, H51

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Date posted: December 3, 2010  

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Van Overwalle, Geertrui , Patentability of Human Stem Cells and Cell Lines (2004). The Danish Council of Ethics and the University of Copenhagen Conference, 2004. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1718659

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Geertrui Van Overwalle (Contact Author)
Leuven University ( email )
Minderbroedersstraat 5
Leuven, B-3000
Belgium
Tilburg University ( email )
PO Box 90153
Tilburg, NL-5000 LE
Netherlands
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