Monsanto Case Note - Purpose-Bound Patent Protection for Genes European Journal of Risk Regulation 1, 4 (2010), 445 - 450.
Case C-428/08, Monsanto Technology [2010]
The Biotech Directive does not provide for absolute patent protection of DNA sequences. Protection is subject and restricted to the disclosed function (or purpose) of a gene; if the function is not fulfilled at the time of the alleged infringement the protection is therefore suspended. National law may not depart from the protection conferred by the Directive due to its exhaustive character (author's headnote).
