Article 6(2)(c) of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions must be interpreted as meaning that an unfertilised human ovum whose division and further development have been stimulated by parthenogenesis does not constitute a ‘human embryo’, within the meaning of that provision, if, in the light of current scientific knowledge, it does not, in itself, have the inherent capacity of developing into a human being, this being a matter for the national court to determine.
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International Stem Cell Corporation v. Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Directive 98/44/EC, Art. 6(2)(c). “International Stem Cell”. IIC 46, 358 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-015-0328-x
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