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Inventing Inclusive Patents. From Old to New Open Innovation

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

Open innovation is the subject of increased scholarly debate. A lot of attention has thereby been paid to firm …-centered open innovation, characterized by a for-profit motive and the interplay between patents and contracts, resulting in … communities the present paper examines how the law can assist in establishing a new approach to open innovation (‘new' open …

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3D Printing and Patent Law : A Disruptive Technology Disrupting Patent Law?

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2017

adequacy of current enforcement tools and strategies. A lack of adequate enforcement tools might well undermine the innovation …

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Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models : Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models and Liability Regimes

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

Concerns have been expressed that gene patents might result in restricted access to research and health care. The exponential growth of patents claiming human DNA sequences might result in patent thickets, royalty stacking and, ultimately, a ‘tragedy of the anti-commons’ in genetics. The...

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Smart Innovation and Inclusive Patents for Sustainable Food and Health Care : Redefining the Europe 2020 Objectives

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

Various remedies have been suggested to deal with potential hindering effects of patents in the area of plant and human biotechnology – two areas which show remarkable linkages and share similar problems. What many of these suggestions have in common, is their call for a more responsible...

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Interoperability Standards, Patents and Competition Policy

Larouche, Pierre - 2015

the relationship between standards and innovation, and a review of the interplay between the private and public aspects of …

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Patent Pools and Diagnostic Testing

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

disincentive for innovation. One potential means of preventing this is for the patent holders to enter into a so-called patent pool …

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Turning Patent Swords into Shares

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

The present paper discusses the decision earlier this year of Judge Robert W. Sweet of the District Court for the Southern District of New York to deny patent protection for isolated human genes and associated diagnostic methods. The case related to genetic tests for familial breast and ovarian...

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Biotechnology Patents in Europe - From Law to Ethics

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

For the last 25 years we have seen a flood of new developments and new applications in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering. The question facing researchers, patent practitioners, patent authorities, courts and legislators is whether or not, and if yes, to which extent, protection...

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Belgium Goes its Own Way on Biodiversity and Patents

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2010

Belgium takes the equitable sharing objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity to heart and intends to require information on the geographical origin of biological material. From a strictly legal point of view, current Belgian patent law does not offer a gate of entry for such an origin...

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Policy Levers Tailoring Patent Law to Biotechnology : Comparing European and US Approaches

Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015

and stimulating innovation in the biotechnology sector, some policy levers narrow down the patent potential for …

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