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Treaty ensures improved patenting system for innovations with

genetic resources

The treaty finalized by participants of the Conference ensures

enhanced intellectual property protection with regard to innovations

or knowledge derived from genetic resources. Genetic resources

include medicinal plants, agricultural crops, animal breeds and other

inventions, which cannot be directly deemed as intellectual

property. However, the inventions on which they are based can be

protected by improving and regulating the granting of patents, to

which all signatories are bound by the Treaty.

The Treaty obliges member states to comply with all standards

approved by the Organization, whereby the parties acceding to the

Treaty must adopt a system for the detection of genetic resources in

the application for patents submitted to them and entities affiliated

to them. The inventor or innovator is required to disclose the source

of the country of origin of the genetic material and any associated

traditional knowledge on which his/her innovation is based on. It

was agreed that member states would begin to develop their

regulations in preparation for the final signing of the Treaty and

commit themselves to its provisions in coordination with WIPO.

Ministry of Economy’s active participation in the diplomatic

conference

The participation of the Ministry of Economy in the Conference,

representing the UAE, underscores the country's leadership in

complying with international norms and standards on IP protection,

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