University of Oxford, UK
21 - 23 March 2007
This course is an introduction to modern developments in molecular biology and genetic engineering and a discussion of recent developments in the law of patents. The scientific sessions will consider DNA and its replication and expression in both bacteria and higher cells; regulation, differentiation and development; cloning; genetic libraries and screening techniques; and characterizing and altering cloned DNA. The legal sessions will focus on various aspects of patent law in the field of biotechnology, particularly following the judgment in the Kirin-Amgen v TKT case. Who is it for?
This course will be of particular interest to those working in the Intellectual Property departments of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; to patent agents and patent lawyers, both from the UK and from elsewhere in Europe; to research biologists with an interest in the legal consequences of developments in modern biology; and to those interested in financing and developing biotechnological industries.
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