The Generic Biologics Debate: Industry's Unintended Admission that Biotech Patents Fail Enablement

Biotech Patents and Indigenous Peoples

Biotech Patents Grant Requirements & Scope of Protection

This article is more of a summary of certain aspects analysed in my dissertation “Biotech Patents – Equivalency and Exclusions under European and U.S. Patent Law” and hopefully this paper will present to you the sentiment of the its conveyed message.1 I will not go deeply into the legal/technical analysis, which was necessary to arrive at the conclusions outlined here and which are mainly deduc...

Why We Should Reject Biotech Patents from TRIPS

The Public Debate on Agrobiotechnology: a Biotech Companys Perspective

Since the first commercial release of a bioengineered crop in 1996, planted acres of enhanced crops have increased steadily each year. Yet, public perceptions and knowledge of the benefits of this technology have not kept pace with grower demands for the new tools. Additionally, global regulatory infrastructure and capacity to evaluate and approve the release and import of these products has be...

Biotech Biofuels: How Patents May save Biofuels and Create Empires

The United States’ primary transportation energy sources are fossil fuels, namely, gasoline and diesel. These products have high environmental, security, and financial costs. A strong emphasis has been placed on biofuels, especially ethanol and biodiesel, to lessen the United States’ reliance on fossil fuels. Historically, high production costs, lack of infrastructure, return on investment anxi...