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Virginie BRUNOT: Member of the Paris Bar, graduate of CEIPI Patents, Trademarks and Designs, Lexing Alain Bensoussan Avocats
INTRODUCTION
The rigorous assessment of the patentability of living matter is explained by the ethical considerations involved. While the patentability of inventions involving the human body and its derivatives is strictly assessed (see Le vivant: méthodes de traitement, corps humain... que peut-elle breveter?
This fact sheet describes the patentability of inventions relating to :
animals ;
plants and plant varieties ;
biological production processes.
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Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski – Caroline Rodà, Répertoire de droit européen, Brevet, 2014 (update: 2017), Dalloz.
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Code de la propriété intellectuelle
articles L. 611-10, L. 611-16, L. 611-17, L. 611-18
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