A difficult birth: gene patenting is experiencing problems in French legislation

French law has recently brought in the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions European Directive. Its implementation has caused surprising uncertainty about patent protection of isolated gene sequences in France. Article published in February 2008 in the n°176 of Managing Intellectual Property "The leading patent firms worlwide Survey 2008". Writers: Alain Colombet, Béatrice Holtz, Lionel Vial. To read this article, click on the link below