id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016839-cqtpj3m0 Ramcharan, Robin Intellectual Property and Human Security 2012-08-17 .txt text/plain 5915 303 47 Article 27 (1) of the TRIPS Agreement stipulates that "patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application." According to para 2: Members may exclude from patentability inventions, the prevention within their territory of the commercial exploitation of which is necessary to protect ordre public or morality, including to protect human, animal or plant life or health or to avoid serious prejudice to the environment, provided that such exclusion is not made merely because the exploitation is prohibited by their law. ./cache/cord-016839-cqtpj3m0.txt ./txt/cord-016839-cqtpj3m0.txt