tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post1440067156465363594..comments2024-03-28T13:45:42.289+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Monsanto try yet againVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-84024962194585463822008-11-14T10:36:00.000+00:002008-11-14T10:36:00.000+00:00Gareth Morgan (Taylor Wessing) has emailed the IPK...Gareth Morgan (Taylor Wessing) has emailed the IPKat to say:<BR/><BR/>"This refers to the reference from the Dutch Court at the Hague in the parallel litigation to the UK case, Monsanto v Cefetra. The issues were slightly different there and the two cases quite neatly illustrate some of the problems patentees of biotech inventions have in Europe. The parties in the UK considered the Biotech Directive did not apply to this patent (filing date is too early) whereas in the Netherlands it was accepted it could apply (and this itself is the subject of some of the questions referred).<BR/> <BR/>There's nothing like harmonisation, and the implementation of the Biotech Directive really is nothing like harmonisation!"David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.com