Activities of Tadeusz ZWIEFKA related to 2012/2135(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources: the impact on poverty reduction in developing countries
Amendments (2)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that, against the background of its recent resolution on the patenting of essential biological processes, excessively broad patent protection in the area of breeding can hamper innovation and progress and become detrimental to small and medium-sized breeders by blocking access to animal and plant genetic resources;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the international community to define thetake into account the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants as a sui generis systems already in force at international level for plant variety protection in those cases where patent protection is not applicable;