The current European patent system is not satisfactory. Scientists, industrialists, administrators and politicians are not happy with legislation concerning Intellectual Property Rights, IPR. The innovative science brings new dilemmas like stem cells (pluripotent and totipotent) and digitalization of literature and data bases. Simultaneously, the cost of patenting is very high (mostly due to tr...

“south caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for europe to maintain its security.“eastern partnership plan” (eap), which is part of neighborhood policy of eu (european :union:) started in the country a short time after the war between georgia and russia in 2008, in fact, it was interpreted as the europe’s response to russia...

There has been a wide-spread misconception based on the imprecise wording of Art. 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) that the protection of business methods by patents is prohibited in Europe. This paper investigates the legal framework set by patent laws with respect to the patentability of business methods, contrasting the situation in lege in Europe and the situation in the US. It is...

In their paper, Nikogosian and Kickbusch show how the effects of the adoption by the World Health Organization (WHO) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and its first Protocol extend beyond tobacco control and contribute to public health governance more broadly, by revealing new processes, institutions and instruments. While there are certainly good reasons to be optimisti...

This article provides an in-depth critical analysis of pressing issues regarding the patentability of plants. There is no public interest overarching principle present in the European Patent Convention or any other convention for that matter which would exclude patent protection for plants. The expansionist behavior of some users of the patent system seeking to obtain patent protection for meth...

. Capitalization of knowledge is the driver of knowledge economy. These processes are implemented through management and innovations embedding scientific research with technological innovation and patents and their commercial exploitation [1] [4] This article considers the capitalization of knowledge in transition countries through: a) the number of granted patents and patents application, b) t...

This paper applies nonparametric techniques to examine the evolution of the entire distribution of regional productivity in the European Union between 1977 and 1999. Likewise, we study the strength of the respective roles played by regional and sectoral factors in the convergence of productivity observed in the European context. To achieve this aim, we consider a new methodology involving a mod...

The Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions recently approved by the European Parliament may have significant implications for the software industry, public policy and patent protection. In this paper, we summarize the scope of patent protection in the European Union, the United States, and Japan. We examine the patentability of computer software under E.U. and U.S. pa...

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...