Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (United Kingdom) made on 28 June 2013 – International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents
(Case C-364/13)
Language of the case: English
Referring court
High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)(United Kingdom)
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: International Stem Cell Corporation
Defendant: Comptroller General of Patents
Question referred
Are unfertilised human ova whose division and further development have been stimulated by parthenogenesis, and which, in contrast to fertilised ova, contain only pluripotent cells and are incapable of developing into human beings included in the term "human embryos" in Article 6(2)(c) of Directive 98/44/EC1 on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions?
____________1 Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
OJ L 213, p. 13