Constructive Approaches to Intellectual Property Complexity in Today’s Agricultural Technology World

摘要: Essential to progress in plant biotechnology for deliverable applications, patent and application data must be transparent order determine where there is whitespace innovation. Furthermore, mechanisms protect the capability use improve innovation are regarded as critical because uncertainty about intellectual property can a barrier investment that bring innovations delivery. Informatics trends international trade laws making it increasingly possible indeed urgent make from multiple countries side-by-side available searching freedom operate (Connett-Porceddu et al. 2005). Although only few databases such Patent Lens allow this done cost-free jurisdictions, useful scientists able do full-text searches of literature, (Nature Biotech 2006). While some inventors also author journal articles on their inventions, many not, those often disclose information applications different what submitted journals. In particular requirement patentability enabling description provided, regardless number pages publication. literature more likely contain subset technologies considered have commercial value, maintenance force, which right, requires payment fees over time. technology sophisticated biological sequences has been developed improved years (a key reference, example, Altschul 1990), ironically, most difficult obtain patenting sequences. Many jurisdictions China (and USA collect electronic form but they had not delineated searchable Genbank (Jensen Murray, CAMBIA's team created open source software tools collate search documents, using these analyse complexities intense landscape covering rice (Orzya sativa) Arabidopsis genomes Large segments each genome covered single with prospective claims related crop species. Biotechnological inventions interdependent, so patented required product, need cross-licensing or barriers even one license greatly delay shut out new A creative strategic lateral approach accelerate being made through Biological Open Source. Within BiOS initiative we transfer arrangements suited similar secured wider highly prosperous businesses IBM, Apache, Sun, Google, thousands small medium enterprises. Illustrations abound why may fruitful address concerns IP (Louwaars