Intellectual Property (IP) and Genetic Resource Management
Our Intellectual Property (IP) and Genetic Resource Management services are tailored to safeguard your research investments and ensure adherence to international regulations. We offer holistic solutions that protect your innovations and streamline the legal transfer of genetic resources across borders.
Protecting Your Intellectual Property and Research Investment: We choose the most effective formal IP tools, such as Plant Variety Protection, patents, and trade secrets, to secure and monetize your innovations, ensuring your research investments are well-protected.
IP Strategy Development: Our experts advise on the most effective IP strategies tailored to your breeding and biotech business, helping you navigate the complex landscape of intellectual property rights.
Freedom to Operate: We ensure your Freedom to Operate by identifying and finding workarounds to IP blockers, allowing your business to innovate without legal hindrances.
Due Diligence on Genetic Resources: We verify that acquisition targets or collaborators have acquired their breeding materials in a legally compliant manner, ensuring your business partnerships are built on solid legal foundations.
Global Movement of Genetic Resources: We facilitate the legal movement of biological materials across borders, ensuring efficiency, ease, and compliance with the complex and evolving regulations related to phytosanitation, IP, and access and benefit-sharing resources.
Access to Genetic Resources: We ensure you have effective documentation processes to comply with the Nagoya Protocol of the Convention on Biodiversity and navigate the intricate web of access and benefit-sharing regulations worldwide.
By combining rigorous IP protection measures with thorough genetic resource management strategies, our services empower you to unlock the full potential of your innovations. We ensure seamless, compliant operations across the global marketplace, safeguarding your investments and facilitating sustainable growth.