1. Can an invention involving animals be patented?
1.1 Principle
Characterized by a capacity to express emotions and have complex reactions, animal life, like human life, raises ethical and moral considerations. (cf. Living matter: treatment methods, the human body... what can be patented?
This is why the law lays down specific rules concerning the patentability of inventions involving animals. For example,
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Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski – Caroline Rodà, Répertoire de droit européen, Brevet, 2014 (update: 2017), Dalloz.
The patentability of living matter, B. Orès, F. Paris,...
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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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