Editors
Contributors
Foreword: The Complex Terrain of Intellectual Property Governance
Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
Introduction
Rafal Sikorski & Z¿ aneta Zemla-Pacud
PART I
Patents and the Health Sector
CHAPTER 1
TRIPS and Post-TRIPS Trade Agreements and Their Impact on Innovation
Susy Frankel
CHAPTER 2
In Between Breakthrough and Incremental Innovation: Rethinking Pharmaceuticals’ Eligibility for IP Protection
Zaneta Zemla-Pacud
CHAPTER 3
Human Enhancement and Patent Law
Helena Zakowska-Henzler
CHAPTER 4
Do We Need Patent Protection for Biopharmaceuticals?
Marek Swierczynski
CHAPTER 5
Changing Approach to the Regulatory Testing Exemption in Patent Law: The European Union Perspective
Agnieszka Sztoldman
CHAPTER 6
Rethinking SPC Protection: Manufacturing Waiver as an Incentive for the Generic Sector or a Disincentive to Innovators?
Justyna Ozegalska-Trybalska
PART II
Patents and Plants
CHAPTER 7
Rethinking IP Protection for Plants? Revisiting the Exclusivity-Access Balance Through the Type-Token Ontology
Geertrui Van Overwalle
CHAPTER 8
Non-patent Legal Factors of Marketability in Plant Biotechnology in Europe
Tomasz Zimny
CHAPTER 9
The Farm-Saved Seed under the Community Plant Variety Rights System in the Light of the “Recommendation Relating to Article 15(2)” of the
UPOV Act of 1991 and Article 39(1)(a) TFEU
Juan Antonio Vives-Vallés
PART III
Patents and Artificial Intelligence
CHAPTER 10
AI Patents: Is There a Need to Rethink Patent Law?
Iga Balos
CHAPTER 11
Transparency in the Patent System: Artificial Intelligence and the Disclosure Requirement
Alfred Früh
CHAPTER 12
Artificial Intelligence, Novelty and Inventive Step: What Is the Impact of AI on Patent Law?
Peter R. Slowinski
PART IV
Patents and ICT Sector
CHAPTER 13
Over-Enforcement Practices by Patent Assertion Entities in Europe: The Practice of National Courts
Amandine Léonard
CHAPTER 14
Standard Essential Patents: Between Open Access and Rewarding Innovation
Dietrich Kamlah
CHAPTER 15
Should Standard Essential Patents Be Licensed to Makers of Components or Manufacturers of Final Products? A View from Competition Law Perspective
Rafal Sikorski