Wolfrum, Anne Sophie Patentschutz für medizinische Verfahrenserfindungen im Europäischen Patentsystem und im US-Recht. Eine patentrechtliche und ordnungspolitische Analyse
2008. XVIII, 311 pages. GEuWR 23
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Anne Sophie WolfrumPatentschutz für medizinische Verfahrenserfindungen im Europäischen Patentsystem und im US-RechtEine patentrechtliche und ordnungspolitische Analyse
[Patent Protection for Medical Procedures in the European Patent System and in U.S. Law. An Analysis of Patent Law and Regulatory Policy.]Published in German. Under European patent law, methods of medical treatment of the human body or animal body are excluded from patent protection. With the boundaries between medical science and medical technology becoming increasingly indistinct in modern medicine, the appropriate application and construction of the exemption provision turns out to be more difficult. Anne Sophie Wolfrum uses comparative law and economic analysis in order to review whether this provision can still be justified. She concludes that only physicians should be protected from liability for patent infringement, whereas industrial market actors should not be given this privilege. The author presents alternative solutions de lege lata and de lege ferenda.
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