The complex IP environment surrounding agricultural biotechnology research and development has inspired new strategies with organizations committed to lower IP barriers to new crop developments and provide open access to patented technologies.
Critical for small private companies and might be important for public or not-for-profit research institutions.
Most plant biotechnology laboratories routinely use patented technologies in their research without permissions.
Organizations have emerged to address the inaccessibility of IP information, provide a framework to ensure that IP does not block applications of agricultural biotechnology, and facilitate projects that can have broad humanitarian benefits.