Hilgardia
Hilgardia
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University of California
Hilgardia

Access to intellectual property is a major obstacle to developing transgenic horticultural crops

Authors

Gregory D. Graff
Brian D. Wright
Alan B. Bennett
David Zilberman

Authors Affiliations

G.D. Graff is Researcher; B.D. Wright is Professor; A.B. Bennett is Professor, Department of Vegetable Crop Science, UC Davis, and Executive Director, Office of Technology Transfer, UC Office of the President. Wright and Zilberman are members, Giannini Foundation; D. Zilberman is Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 58(2):120-126. DOI:10.3733/ca.v058n02p120. April 2004.

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Abstract

Inefficiencies in accessing intellectual property (IP) appear to be hindering otherwise valuable research and development (R&D) in horticultural crop varieties. While leading private-sector agricultural biotechnology firms with strong IP positions and commercial freedom to operate (FTO) see insufficient incentives in the small, fractured markets of horticultural products, researchers with public-sector support for horticultural projects but weak IP positions may find that the best way of gaining FTO and moving forward is to band together and provide mutual access to one another's technologies. The Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA), headquartered at UC Davis, is a new coalition of U.S. universities and foundations committed to this strategy.

Graff G, Wright B, Bennett A, Zilberman D. 2004. Access to intellectual property is a major obstacle to developing transgenic horticultural crops. Hilgardia 58(2):120-126. DOI:10.3733/ca.v058n02p120

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