Patentability and Morality

The thesis is dedicated to the question of how legal culture affects the perception of morality in patent law regimes and whether a better understanding of the terms can ease their complex relationship. To this end, the role of moral considerations in European, German, US and Chinese patent law is a...

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Autore principale: Papastefanou, Stefan
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Duncker & Humblot 2026
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description The thesis is dedicated to the question of how legal culture affects the perception of morality in patent law regimes and whether a better understanding of the terms can ease their complex relationship. To this end, the role of moral considerations in European, German, US and Chinese patent law is analyzed. The analysis shows the unique and paradoxical relationship between immorality and illegality in patent law compared to other areas of law. Furthermore, it is found that the interpretation of the fundamental function of patent law significantly influences the understanding of morality in patent law. Therefore, a moral standard in patent law cannot be identified universally across different patent law systems. Consequently, (legal) cultural aspects must always be included in the interpretation of patent law. Ultimately, aspects of legal culture and societal interests can be balanced in a proportionality approach.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1743692026-03-31T15:21:48Z Patentability and Morality Papastefanou, Stefan Anreizfunktion Erfindung Gewaltenteilung Immorality Incentive function Inventions Öffentliche Ordnung Patentfähigkeit Patents Public order Separation od powers Sittenwidrigkeit thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBG Private international law and conflict of laws thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNR Intellectual property law::LNRD Patents law The thesis is dedicated to the question of how legal culture affects the perception of morality in patent law regimes and whether a better understanding of the terms can ease their complex relationship. To this end, the role of moral considerations in European, German, US and Chinese patent law is analyzed. The analysis shows the unique and paradoxical relationship between immorality and illegality in patent law compared to other areas of law. Furthermore, it is found that the interpretation of the fundamental function of patent law significantly influences the understanding of morality in patent law. Therefore, a moral standard in patent law cannot be identified universally across different patent law systems. Consequently, (legal) cultural aspects must always be included in the interpretation of patent law. Ultimately, aspects of legal culture and societal interests can be balanced in a proportionality approach. Published 2026-03-31T15:21:46Z 2026-03-31T15:21:46Z 2024-03-19 book 978-3-428-18859-8 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174369 eng Studien zum vergleichenden Privatrecht / Studies in Comparative Private Law image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.duncker-humblot.de/buch/patentability-and-morality-9783428188598/?page_id=0&typ=buc https://elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/book/63244/patentability-and-morality Duncker & Humblot 10.3790/978-3-428-58859-6 10.3790/978-3-428-58859-6 65d50a8a-1a1d-48a7-b38f-f049cf105e5c 978-3-428-18859-8 22 229 S. Berlin open access
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Erfindung
Gewaltenteilung
Immorality
Incentive function
Inventions
Öffentliche Ordnung
Patentfähigkeit
Patents
Public order
Separation od powers
Sittenwidrigkeit
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBG Private international law and conflict of laws
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Papastefanou, Stefan
Patentability and Morality
title Patentability and Morality
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title_sort patentability and morality
topic Anreizfunktion
Erfindung
Gewaltenteilung
Immorality
Incentive function
Inventions
Öffentliche Ordnung
Patentfähigkeit
Patents
Public order
Separation od powers
Sittenwidrigkeit
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBG Private international law and conflict of laws
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNR Intellectual property law::LNRD Patents law
topic_facet Anreizfunktion
Erfindung
Gewaltenteilung
Immorality
Incentive function
Inventions
Öffentliche Ordnung
Patentfähigkeit
Patents
Public order
Separation od powers
Sittenwidrigkeit
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LB International law::LBG Private international law and conflict of laws
thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNR Intellectual property law::LNRD Patents law
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