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Briefing Papers
The Institute's briefing papers are currently being updated but the latest revisions are available below.
- Disclosure of origin of 'genetic resources'
September 2005
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) seeks to promote: conservation of biological diversity; sustainable use of its components; equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. - Intellectual Property protection for New Plants
November 1993 (revised May 2005)
Modern agriculture requires improvements in the technology of plant breeding to produce new varieties of plant which yield crops having improved resistance to diseases, pests, and other stresses. - Patentability of Stem Cells in Europe
April 2005
Stem cell research is giving scientists the power to create new tools which might one day be used to repair or replace tissues... However, one favoured source of human stem cells is currently the early human embryo and such embryos are destroyed when the stem cells are removed. This raises significant moral and ethical questions regarding whether society is willing to accept the sacrificing of such embryos for research... - The ‘Edinburgh Patent’
March 2005
This briefing paper covers specifically the patenting of human embryonic stem cells and the decision by the European Patent Office concerning the ‘Edinburgh Patent’ and is intended to be read in conjunction with CIPA’s briefing paper on stem cells in general. - Patenting in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Supplementary Protection Certificates
August 1992 (revised July 1998)
The Chartered Institute of Patent Agents strongly supports an all-industry approach to patenting inventions, including inventions made in the pharmaceutical industry... - Patentability of Animals
April 2008 (originally prepared August 1993)
Industrially useful inventions are generally patentable if they are novel and involve an inventive step (i.e. they are surprisingly different, rather than simply a development, modification or combination of previously known features)... - Patenting of Human Gene Sequences
April 1994 (last revised June 2006)
The technology known as "genetic engineering" involves the transfer of genetic information from one organism to another so that the modified organism can carry out the function for which the transferred genetic information provides the instructions... - Patenting of Living Organisms
This page has been temporarily withdrawn for revision. - The United Nations Bio-Diversity Convention
Last revised 11 June 1998
The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the Biodiversity Convention, was enacted in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Convention was signed by 157 Governments and more have signed since then...
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