VOLUME 110. No. V.

OKTOBER 2005

CONTENTS

STUDIES

Dr. Mariann Szulmann-Binet:
Traditional knowledge and its protection - proclamation of biopiracy

Krisztina Part:
Royalties: sweet music to the ears of authors or can an editor be an author as well?

Dr. Tivadar Palágyi:
History of Pfizer's Australian and European patents concerning Viagra

EUROPEAN LEGAL OBSERVER

Dr. Katalin Mikló:
The interpretation of industrial applicability in the claims relating to therapeutical inventions

Dr. Sándor Vida:
Acquiring distinctiveness by use

SELECTION OF ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE BODY OF EXPERTS ON COPYRIGHT

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

Ildikó Longa:
Imposing prophecy or unfounded revery? (The centenary of Jules Verne's death) - Part I.

László Végh:
The creation of the patent system in the United States and its earliest operation - Part II.

NEWS, EVENTS

Dr. Mihály Ficsor:
Neverending story - continued debates on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions

REWIEV OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS

INTERNATIONAL SURVEY

Dr. Tivadar Palágyi:
News in the field of industrial property protection abroad

Special bibliography on industrial property

Summaries