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Délimiter le marché de la santé et faire le droit du vivant. Le rôle des oppositions juridiques aux brevets sur les gènes en Europe

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Procedures of legal opposition to patents in Europe are trials which delimit the extension of intellectual property and markets, and which shape the law. In biotechnology and health, the rate of opposition is traditionally higher, and the opponents more heterogeneous, than in other sectors of innovation. Instances of opposition to patents owned by the US company Myriad Genetics are legal precedents as regards life forms and health: they have led to the adoption of stricter criteria for examining patents on gene sequences and to amendments to intellectual property law, especially in France and Belgium. Total or partial revocation of patents on genes and breast cancer gene tests in Europe has limited the extension of private health-care markets and supported the hospital economy and the free use of these genes.

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  • Maurice Cassier, 2007. "Délimiter le marché de la santé et faire le droit du vivant. Le rôle des oppositions juridiques aux brevets sur les gènes en Europe," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(4), pages 9-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:reidbu:rei_120_0009
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    Cited by:

    1. Fabienne Orsi & Jean-Benoît Zimmermann, 2011. "Propriété intellectuelle et globalisation: des TRIPS au modèle open-source. Les exemples des médicaments et du logiciel," Working Papers halshs-00561477, HAL.
    2. Christian Bessy, 2019. "The transformations of conventions for patent use and the role of legal intermediaries," Working Papers halshs-01872163, HAL.

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