Patent law: patentability of micro-organisms.

چالش‌های اخلاقی حمایت از روش‌های علم پزشکی در حقوق اختراعات

Human inventions and innovations are generally subject to legal protection but some of these innovations are not subject to legal protection. Medical methods are one of the controversial exceptions of patentability of inventions and opponents and proponents of patent ability of medical methods support propound several reasons to prove their theory. While major arguments of proponents are justif...

Patentability of micro-organisms: Diamond v. Chakrabarty.

Comparative Study of Patentability of Drug Polymorphism in Iran and the USA

Drug polymorphs are defined as a different arrangement of the same active compounds in crystalline form, which can potentially affect its therapeutic activity by changing the dissolution profile of drug upon administration. Discovery of new polymorphs therefore can provide added value for a previously marketed drug, due to the new advantages provided by the novel polymorph. Therefore, there is ...

Patentability of Stem Cells in the United States.

Until recently, the patentability of stem cells was well established within the judicial and statutory framework in the United States. However, the shifting landscape of patent law, particularly with regard to patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101, presents new challenges to the patentability of stem cells. In this paper, we discuss the legal precedent that paved the way for stem ...

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Patentability and Morality Related to Human Embryonic Stem Cells

The patentability of inventions related to Human Embryonic Stem Cells (HESC) is challenged by the morality provision of various nations’ regulations. 1 This Article discusses whether it is a matter of expediency to prohibit granting patents to HESC-related inventions based on moralitybased provisions, and it concludes that this is not appropriate. To claim this, the Article explores typical cas...