Introduction&Emanuela Arezzo and Gustavo Ghidini 1
PART Ⅰ GENERAL THEMES IN PATENT LAW 9
1 Tailoring patents to different industries&Dan L. Burk and Mark A. Lemley 9
2 Innovation in the new technological industries： looking for a consistent cooperative model&Valeria Falce 40
3 The future of the requirement for an invention： inherent patentability as a pre- and post-patent determinant&Justine Pila 55
4 The experimental use of the patented invention： a free use or an infringing use？&Vincenzo Di Cataldo 91
5 Patents and competition law： some features of the new interface&Steven D. Anderman 105
PART Ⅱ EMERGING THEMES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 131
6 Are software patents something special？&Reinier B. Bakels 131
7 Towards a new instrument of protection for software in the EU？ Learning the lessons from the harmonization failure of software patentability&Reto M. Hilty and Christophe Geiger 153
8 Patent governance in the United States： lessons from Bilski v. Kappos&John R. Thomas 193
PART Ⅲ EMERGING THEMES IN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRIES 221
9 A decade after the birth of the biotech directive： was it worth the trouble？&Sven J R. Bos tyn 221
10 Gene patents under fire： weighing the costs and benefits&Christopher M. Holman 260
11 Patentability of human stem cell or synthetic biology based inventions&Paul L. C Torremans 288
12 Moral limits to biotech patents in Europe： a quest for higher harmonization&Andrea Ottolia 309
Index 339