Fund Council IP Group Report 2014 FC 14 Washington D.C. 5 November 2015
FC IP Group § Paul Figueroa , Resident Legal Officer, USAID, Guatemala § Bram de Jonge , Researcher, Law and Governance Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands § Aline Flower, Associate General Counsel Global Development, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S.
The 2014 Reporting Cycle: The Process § Information received: ● Consortium’s Consolidated Intellectual Asset (IA) Report, including all Center IA Reports ● Discussions with the Consortiums legal team in Montpellier (15-17 April, 2015) ● Responses to FCIP Group’s follow-up questions
Responses to 2013 Reporting and Recommendations § Centers to provide more information on ‘justifications’: ● How LEAs and RUAs further the CGIAR Vision ● Reporting improved § Centers to provide more information on all patent and PVP applications and trademarks registrations. ● Justifications for patent protection still need improvement § Centers to include a section on IA management in future CRPs ● Will be required in new CRPs
Responses to 2013 Reporting and Recommendations § Centers to continue to strengthening IP capacity ● Capacity continues to improve § Consortium and Centers to analyse the requirements under the Nagoya Protocol. ● Consortium led several activities to build awareness and discuss compliance
The 2014 Reporting Cycle: Overall Observations § Overall, there continues to be progress in terms of: ● Reporting ● Compliance ● IP capacity ● Oversight and communication ● Adoption of best practices
The 2014 Reporting Cycle: LEAs Four Limited Exclusivity Agreements (LEAs): ● Three complied with the research and emergency exceptions ● One didn’t include research exception per deviation (approved by CO in 2013) ● One request for blanket deviation (not approved)
The 2014 Reporting Cycle: RUAs 1 Restricted Use Agreement (RUA) ● Requested full copy of agreement for the first time ● Complied with Article 6.3
The 2014 Reporting Cycle: IP Applications § PVP applications ● 5 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications ● 1 U.S. utility patent ● Centers complied with Article 6.4 ● More explanation about the connection with the CGIAR vision § Several trademark applications
The FC IP Group Recommendations: § Centers: ● Provide market and dissemination strategy plans for patents ● Track impact of LEAs and RUAs on target beneficiaries ● Share best practices with other centers and leverage these resources when drafting agreements
The FC IP Group Recommendations: § Consortium ● Clarify issues of interpretation in consultation with the FCIP Group ● Continue to build awareness regarding compliance with Nagoya and the Treaty
Q&A Thank You Paul Figueroa Bram de Jonge Aline Flower
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