Applying the Patents Act to Living Materials in India
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Robyn Ott is a third-year law student at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She is also the Managing Editor of the Oklahoma Journal of Law and Technology for the 2004-2005 academic year. Ms. Ott wrote this eBrief under the direction of Professor Drew Kershen while working on the Project on Intellectual Property Rights in Living Matter. Below, Ms. Ott discusses the legal effect of India’s Patents Act and the general requirements for determining the patentability of living matter under the Act. Edited by Greg Milstead and Robyn Ott APPLYING THE PATENTS ACT TO LIVING MATERIALS IN INDIA © 2004 Robyn Ott
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