Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment

C‑364/13International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks

Decided: 2014-12-18
ECLI: ECLI:EU:C:2014:2451
CELEX: 62013CJ0364
Finality: Final, the decision cannot be appealed

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Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 98/44/EC — Article 6(2)(c) — Legal protection of biotechnological inventions — Parthenogenetic activation of oocytes — Production of human embryonic stem cells — Patentability — Exclusion of ‘uses of human embryos for industrial or commercial purposes’ — Concepts of ‘human embryo’ and ‘organism capable of commencing the process of development of a human being’.

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