title: Intellectual property protection for plant-related inventions in Europe.
abstract: The economic and political issues that accompany the commercial growing of genetically modified crops, as well as the risk of transgene spread, are often top of the agenda for debate. But one important aspect is frequently overlooked--the intellectual property protection of plant-related inventions. What protection does European patent law afford to such inventions, how does it compare with the United States law and what are the consequences of the differences between them?
authors.affiliation: Boult Wade Tennant, Verulam Gardens, 70 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8BT, UK. bfleck@boult.com
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fleck
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baldock
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D005060:Europe; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018973:Intellectual Property; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010067:Ownership; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D014481:United States; D037041:United States Government Agencies