Biotechnological inventions : moral restraints and patent law / Oliver Mills.

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2010], ©2010.

xix, 221 pages ; 24 cm

Rev. ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index.

Biotechnological inventions : the moral debate -- Development of a European and UK moral regime -- Development of patent law in the United States -- Application of Article 53 European Patent Convention -- Patent law criteria and biotechnological inventions -- Protection conferred in the United States -- Protection conferred under the Biotechnology Directive 1998 -- Plant variety protection : UPOV, community, directive -- Recent EU initiatives : likely impact on moral concerns.