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patents in the food sector a retrospective with special emphasis on the trips agreement
interestingly enough food being central to every human being has been excluded from patentability in many patent laws . the agreement on trade related aspects of intellectual property rights trips now forces all members of the world trade organization to abolish the exemption . for this reason this study looks at the patent acts of germany brazil china and india in a comparative law approach with respect to the exemption to patentability of food related inventions and the effects of its abolition . secondly it describes the food sector of today and particularly its technological developments . finally the intellectual property situation of the food sector is analyzed .