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Intellectual Property and Plants

Updates

• Public Patent Foundation Formally Requests Review and Revocation of Four Patents on Genetically Engineered Crops
• Push for Awareness of the “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act”
• Adoption of Patented Seeds in India Raises Questions over Preservation of Local Seed Varieties
• Office of the United States Trade Representative Releases Draft Text for Proposed U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
• Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Seeks to Prevent Biopiracy
• New Plant Biotechnology Will Be Open-Source
• Biodiverse Countries Ask for Treaty on Access and Benefit-Sharing
• UNEP and WIPO Release Study on Access and Benefit-Sharing
• Egypt Establishes National Gene Bank for Native Species
• “Innovation Sails Free”: Newsweek Article on Open Source Science
• Samoa to Profit from Indigenous Knowledge Deal
• Rights to Decaf Coffee Plant in Dispute
• Singapore Boosts Intellectual Property Protection
• Canadian Supreme Court rules in Favor of Monsanto

Legislation

• Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2003

Meetings

• 24 Apr 2006 8:30: Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Ninth Session