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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… exclusive rights exist under the 1978 Act: (1) a breeders’ exemption and (2) a farmers’ privilege. The Act also permits members to impose compulsory licences. Breeders’ exemption. This exemption in article 5(3) precludes member states from …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… laws normally provide for research exemptions. A research exemption is an exception to the exclusive rights granted by … (WIPO, 2009). The TRIPs Agreement provides for a research exemption. 8 However, this is of a permissive nature and there is no international obligation to include such exemption in national patent law. Therefore, research …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… also be sources of uncertainty, in some cases. Where an exemption is not clearly defined, the user relying on it may … of applying, or to simply rely on the possibility of exemption.314 User certainty is increased where exemptions … of policy conformance. To some extent, the scope of an exemption will of- ten depend on interpretation of primary …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of exceptions is a more restricted version of “research exemption” available under UPOV 1978. The second set of … in the 1991 Convention, which refers only to an optional exemption to the breeder’s rights (article 15.2). 78 … Breeders’ Rights and patents that include a breeders’ exemption over the material received, as these would not have …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… of the genetic resources they work with. • The breeders’ exemption in plant breeders’ rights legislation still … concepts, although the desirable extent of the breeders’ exemption has been discussed for many years now. These …
Guide explicatif du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture
… cette série figure aussi une version plus limitée de « l’exemption de recherche » prévue par la Convention UPOV de … des « droits d’obtenteurs » ou des brevets qui indiquent l’exemption de l’obtenteur sur le matériel reçu, car cela … par des tiers en vue de la recherche et de la sélection (exemption de l’obtenteur). Au titre de la Convention UPOV de …