Własność intelektualna a biotechnologia w rolnictwie- współczesne uwarunkowania

Korzycka-Iwanow, Małgorzata

doi:0860-7796

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Tytuł: Własność intelektualna a biotechnologia w rolnictwie- współczesne uwarunkowania

Abstrakt:

Directions of development in biotechnology are determined to a high degree byprivate corporations. Intellectual property, including patents and related thereto exclusive rights, have turened into a mercantile title to innovations, applicable particularlyin respect to production resources for agriculture. Presently, the content ofintellectual property rights does not ensure proportional share in benefits to all those whohave contributed to its creation. Expansion ofintellectual property in agriculture is taking place on a variety of important fields. The State creates the possibility offormulating long-lasting monopolies, existing for 30 and more years. Other examples include the extending of patent rights beyond acceptable limits, even in the light of thepatent laws presently applicable throughout the world, and to some extent also commercial law limits are being exceeded, i.e. the so-called species patents. Specific legalsolutions are imposed upon signatories of international treaties in the name of “harmonizing” internal legal systems of countries. Instrumentation available in Polandused to protect trading in innovative solutions in agriculture should be extended toinclude exterritorial exhaustion of rights from patents. Assesment of legal solutionsavailable in this field is closely connected with the values relating to moral standards,which should be carried by the applicable law.