跨国公司生物技术知识产权保护策略分析——以棉花转化体MON531为例

Analysis of Intellectual Property Protection Strategy of Transnational Biotechnology Corporation——Taking MON531 of Cotton Event for Example

近年来,转基因棉花种植面积在多个国家得到了快速增长。为深入研究转基因抗虫棉花的技术体系和知识产权保护状况,现以棉花转化体MON531为例研究跨国生物公司的知识产权保护策略。结果显示,目前MON531转化体涉及3件处于有效保护期限内的专利,并在多个国家受到保护,实现了从功能基因及调控元件到最终商业化品种的全方位有效保护。申请人还通过申请植物品种权对下游的品种进行保护,美国有19件品种获得授权,在中国仅有1件相关申请处于审查中。对棉花转化体MON531技术体系的知识产权保护策略的研究,可以为我国研发转基因作物并采取知识产权保护提供有利的借鉴。

In the past years, the planting area of the transgenic cotton has a rapid growth in many countries. For further study on technology systems and intellectual property protection of transgenic insectresistant cotton, the intellectual property strategy of transnational biotechnology Corporation has been studied- taking cotton event MON531 （ Genuity BloogardTM ） for example. The results showed that in the field of the transgenic cotton MON531, there are three valid patents in multiple countries, which made an effective and overall protection of the main functional gene, regulatory elements and the commercial varieties. And for the plant variety rights, nineteen plant varieties have been authorized in America, while only one related application has been examined in China. The strategy research of intellectual property protection related the cotton event MON531 can be used for reference for making our development of genetically modified crops and intellectual property protection.