Research Agenda for Patent Law

Edited by Enrico Bonadio, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London and Noam Shemtov, Professor in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

• ContentsForeword viiiIntroduction to A Research Agenda for Patent Law xiEnrico Bonadio and Noam ShemtovPART I Patents in the new ICT ecosystem1 A research agenda for standards-essential patents 3Jorge L. Contreras2 Patent pools, internet of things and EU competition law 25Enrico Bonadio and Magali Contardi3 A research agenda for patents relating to interfaces 45Gwilym RobertsPART II Patenting in artificial intelligence, pharma, and biotech4 Beyond algorithms: patenting core AI innovation in Europe 65Noam Shemtov5 Patenting strategies by pharmaceutical companies: a lawfuluse of the patent system or an abusive conduct? 81Olga Gurgula6 Achieving a fair and equitable balance: the role of patentsin the governance and oversight of human germline genomeediting 105Duncan MatthewsPART III Reconsidering the role of patents in the 21st century7 Lessons from software patents: an asymptotic protection ofAI generated inventions 129Garry A. Gabison8 Patents, social welfare and sustainability: considerationson the role of the patent system in incentivising the UNSustainable Development Goals 151Francesca Mazzi9 The patent system after Covid-19 173Matthew Fisher

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