Separating sheep from goats- a European view on the patent eligibility of biomedical diagnostic methods
By Timo Minssen New publication on the patentability of biomedical diagnostics out: Abstract: This brief comment complements Dan Burk’s excellent paper ( Dolly and Alice, J Law and the Biosciences (2015), 1–21, doi:10.1093/jlb/lsv042 ) by providing a very brief summary of the European approach regarding patents on medical diagnostic methods. This serves as the basis for…