TY - BOOK AU - Arezzo,Emanuela AU - Ghidini,Gustavo TI - Biotechnology and software patent law: a comparative review of new developments T2 - New directions in patent law SN - 9781849800402 (hbk. : alk. paper) PY - 2011/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - Biotechnology KW - Patents KW - Computer software N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Emanuela Arezzo and Gustavo Ghidini -- Tailoring patents to different industries / Dan L. Burk and Mark A. Lemley -- Innovation in the new technological industries : looking for a consistent cooperative model / Valerie Falce -- The future of the requirement for an invention : inherent patentability as a pre- and post-patent determinant / Justine Pila -- The experimental use of the patented invention : a free use or an infringing use? / Vincenzo Di Cataldo -- Patents and competition law : some features of the new interface / Steven D. Anderman -- Are software patents something special? / Reinier B. Bakels -- Towards a new instrument of protection for software in the EU? : learning the lessons from harmonization failure of software patentability / Reto M. Hilty and Christophe Geiger -- Patent governance in the United States : lessons from Bilski v. Kappos / John R. Thomas -- A decade after the birth of the biotech directive : was it worth the trouble? / Sven J.R. Bostyn -- Gene patents under fire : weighing the costs and benefits / Christopher M. Holman -- Patentability of human stem cell or synthetic biology based on inventions / Paul L.C. Torremans -- Moral limitations to biotech patents in Europe : a quest for higher harmonization / Andrea Ottolia ER -