Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Date
2015
This report, prepared for the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, builds on, and continues the exploration begun in the 2013 report by Bagley and Rai, “The Nagoya Protocol and Synthetic Biology: A Look at the Potential Issues.” In particular, it considers current challenges for the intellectual property protection of synthetic biology outputs, implementation issues concerning the 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and possible interactions between the requirements of the Protocol and the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). It also explores emerging concerns regarding synthetic biology and digital genetic information misappropriation in relation to non-commercial research projects. Finally, it presents highlights of negotiations in the World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore, that may relate to both the Nagoya Protocol and TRIPS and thus may be relevant for researchers, particularly those working in the area of synthetic biology.
Citation
Margo A. Bagley, Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology, Woodrow Wilson Center Press (2015).