❓ Hon Dee Margetts questions the agreement between the Department of Conservation and Land Management and Bio-Gene Bioprospecting Ltd regarding plant sample sourcing and intellectual property. Hon Kim Chance clarifies the process and ownership, stating CALM retains intellectual property rights.
AnsweredQoN 1501Legislative Council
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My question is in regard to the agreement between the Department of Conservation and Land Management and Bio-Gene Bioprospecting Ltd. (1) How does Bio-Gene Bioprospecting source plant samples? (2) Who is responsible for collecting the samples? (3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(1) How does Bio-Gene Bioprospecting source plant samples? (2) Who is responsible for collecting the samples? (3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(2) Who is responsible for collecting the samples? (3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(1) How does Bio-Gene Bioprospecting source plant samples? (2) Who is responsible for collecting the samples? (3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(2) Who is responsible for collecting the samples? (3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(3) Who owns the intellectual property rights of these samples? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
I thank Hon Dee Margetts for a very interesting question. (1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(1) Plant samples gathered from crown land are collected by a trained Department of Conservation and Land Management herbarium botanist with the appropriate scientific and commercial licences. (2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(2) The manager of the CALM herbarium. (3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
(3) Clause 11.1 of the licence agreement states that all project confidential information and intellectual property arising as a result of the project, including, without limitation, product rights, is the property of CALM.
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