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1. What legislation governs the grant and protection of IP rights in relation to biotechnology/life sciences? Have there been any recent legislative developments?
2. Are there any international conventions or co-operation agreements in this area? If so, how effective are they? What problems arise in connection with international protection of intellectual property?
3. Please give an overview of the types of legal issues or problems which have been raised by recent developments in biotechnology and life sciences.
4. How, when, by whom and to whom must a patent application be made?
5. Please summarise the requirements which must be satisfied in order for an application to be granted.
6. What kinds of issue typically arise in relation to the question of patentability of subject matter? How have those issues been resolved?
7. What difficulties may be raised by the requirement of proving utility in this particular context? What practical strategies can be adopted to surmount this hurdle?
8. What particular considerations must be taken into account when drafting the written description and compiling the enabling disclosure?
9. What particular considerations are raised by generic drugs? Please explain the compromise embodied in the Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.
10. What particular issues may be raised by research tool patents? What recent developments have there been in this area?
11. What remedies are there for infringement of a patent? How effective are these?
12. How is a patent renewed? What requirements must be satisfied?
13. What considerations of competition law must be taken into account when settling patent litigation?
14. What moral and ethical issues have been raised by patenting of life forms and pharmaceuticals? How have the courts grappled with such issues?
15. What have been the most important recent cases on biotechnical patents, and what is their significance?
16. How effective are trademarks as a form of protection of intellectual property in the life science context?
17. What remedies lie for infringement of a trademark?
18. What are the advantages and disadvantages of trade secret licences/non disclosure agreements? What is their main application?
19. What practical strategies can be adopted to protect a trade secret?
20. What practical steps can a company take to maximise the value of its intellectual property? What considerations need to be taken into account in formulating a patents strategy?
21. How can a company obtain worldwide patent protection?
22. How may the involvement of universities and academic institutions affect ownership and protection of intellectual property?
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