Inventions In Connection With Biological Material - An Abstract From The International Perspective

The issue of whether inventions in connection with biological material are capable of being protected by registrable rights has been subject to extensive controversy and continues to be so today. The law in this field is extremely diversified - to a certain extent even confusing - and contains numerous international treaties and legislative instruments.

This is not only due to the fact that inventions in connection with biological material have been subject to extensive ethic, moral and philosophical controversies worldwide; many commentators and experts are of the opinion that such controversies are to a certain extent futile, since too many political and social factions have been extensively involved. It is also the result of multinational and regional treaties and regulations which have all added to the already complex and somewhat obscure subject matter.