Biotechnological Inventions


Directive 98/44/EC

Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Reports

14.07.2005 Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering
  • Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council (COM(2005) 312 final)
  • Annex 1 PDFFrançais
  • Annex 2 PDFEnglish
  • Press release (18.07.2005)
07.10.2002 Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering
  • Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2002) 545 final)
  • Press release (10.10.2002)
14.01.2002 An assessment of the implications for basic genetic engineering research of failure to publish, or late publication of, papers on subjects which could be patentable as required under Article 16(b) of Directive 98/44/EC
  • Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council (COM(2002) 2 final)
  • Annex PDFEnglish 

Other documents

16.12.2004 Proposal of the European Community and its Member States to WIPO:
Disclosure of origin or source of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in patent applications
PDFEnglish
  Activities of the European Union - Summaries of legislation

Last update: 18-06-2009