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ALLEA Statement on “Measures to Ease the Impact of the Intellectual Propety System on New Genomic Techniques for Crop Development”
08. 02. 2024
New ALLEA Statement Highlights Intellectual Property Challenges for Developing Crops Using New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in the EU and Recommends Possible Solutions. Despite the potential for NGTs to contribute to the EU’s Green Deal objectives, the patentability of these technologies and their products raises several concerns among breeders, farmers, and academics, including concerns about unintentional patent infringement, monopolisation of technologies and plant varieties, and licensing complexities. Following extensive stakeholder consultation, this ALLEA Statement provides a range of short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations for measures that could help to overcome these obstacles.
The ALLEA statement is available here.
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