title: Legal and regulatory news from Europe.
abstract: An opinion presented to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the patentability of parthenotes challenges the court's own competence in a notorious case on human embryonic stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Lawford Davies Denoon, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
mesh_terms: D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D005062:European Union; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D057905:Stem Cell Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*