Freedom to operate: Biosciences innovations and intellectual property management
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The document discusses intellectual property (IP) issues related to agricultural biotechnology research and development. It outlines the major forms of IP protection such as patents, plant breeder's rights, material transfer agreements, and trade secrets. It emphasizes the importance of conducting freedom to operate analyses to identify any existing IP that may restrict the use of technologies in R&D. Proper IP management including licenses, cross-licensing, and strategic partnerships can enable access to proprietary technologies needed for agricultural innovation.
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- 1. Freedom to Operate Biosciences Innovations & IP Management OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE BIO-INNOVATE PROGRAMME ILRI Kenya 16 March 2011 Linda Opati ILRI IP/LEGAL OFFICER [email_address]
- 6. New Plant Variety - Deconstruction Source: IP Handbook of best practices Technological component, process, or tool Likely Proprietary protection Relevant documents Cell culture IP Rights, TP Rights patents, MTAs Genes IP Rights patents Research tools used and related techniques IP Rights patents, technology-use licenses Plant transformation techniques ( eg agrobacterium and/or bio-projectile methodologies) IP Rights patents, technology-use licenses Plant genetic transformation constructs (eg., vectors, promoters, transit peptide sequences) IP Rights, TP Rights patents, MTAs Plant cell culture techniques and cell lines IP Rights, TP Rights patents, MTAs Germplasm used for genetic transformation IP Rights, TP Rights, possibly trade secrets (for example, if variety was developed using parental lines protected as trade secrets) patents, plant variety certificates, possibly MTAs (for example, if germplasm is covered by the PGRFA), bag-tag licenses
- 11. ILRI Spearheading a New Way Forward Freedom to Operate It is the ability to proceed with the research, development, commercialization and production of a research product or process with minimal risk of infringing the unlicensed IP rights of third parties .
- 12. www.ilri.org PROPERLY MANAGED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MAY FACILITATE NOT HINDER ACCESS AND USE OF PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY!