title: [Comment on the ruling about the appeal against the Directive on biotechnological inventions].
abstract: The author examines the content of the European Court of Justice ruling which dismisses the appeal lodged by the Netherlands against Directive 98/44 concerning the legal protection of biotechnological inventions. The main grounds for the appeal were as follows: inappropriate choice of points of law; breach of the principle of subsidiarity; violation of the principle of legal certainty; breach of International Law obligations; undermining of human dignity; breach of the principle of collegiality.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Derecho Mercantil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Fernando Magarzo
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Comentario a la sentencia relativa al recurso contra la Directiva sobre invenciones biotecnológicas.