Monthly Archives: September 2012

Mexico Joins Treaty on GMO Liability & Compensation

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 30, 2012

On September 26, 2012,the secretary of Mexico’s Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) formally notified the United Nations that Mexico has ratified the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, a treaty that deals with … Continue reading →

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Malaysia’s Draft Biological Resources Access & Benefits Law Open For Comment

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 27, 2012

This week Malaysia’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) published for public review and comment a draft Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act. The bill is intended to implement the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity … Continue reading →

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Australian Court To Try Liability Issues Separately From Remedies In Plant Breeders’ Rights Case

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 25, 2012

Another plant breeders’ rights decision–this time from the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne. Graham’s Factree Pty Ltd v. Oak Enterprises (No. 1) [2012] FCA 1033 (Fed. Ct. Austr. Sept. 14, 2012). The applicant, Graham’s Factree Pty Ltd, holds plant … Continue reading →

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Plant Breeders Rights Sublicense Did Not Transfer Ownership of Plant Materials, Says South African Court

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 24, 2012

 A three-judge appellate panel of the Western Cape High Court in South Africa held that a sublicense of plant breeders’ rights for several seedless grape varieties did not transfer to the licensee ownership of the tangible grape vines resulting from … Continue reading →

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Salvadoran Proposal To Ratify Nagoya Protocol Highlights Genetic Resources Legal Issues

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 18, 2012

A commission of El Salvador’s national Legislative Assembly has been conducting a wide-ranging consultation of various stakeholders in connection with the proposed ratification of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits … Continue reading →

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Libya And Its U.S. Embassy Cannot Prevent Individual’s Use Of Domain Names Containing “Libya” And “Embassy”

by Shawn Sullivan Posted on September 7, 2012

Yesterday a federal judge in Washington, DC ruled that the sovereign state of Libya and its embassy in the United States could not prevent a private individual from registering and maintaining the domain names embassyoflibya.org, libyaembassy.com, libyaembassy.org, and libyanembassy.com. Libya … Continue reading →

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