The Legal Relationship between Seed Use Rights and Gene Patents
The right to use seeds refers to the right of farmers to use,preserve,and freely exchange the seeds of the crops they cultivate.This right aims to ensure farmers'autonomous management of seeds,enabling them to maintain a certain degree of independence in agricultural production.Gene patents are a legal protection mecha-nism for biotechnology innovation,involving exclusive ownership of specific genes or genomes.This enables enti-ties holding genetic patents to control the commercial utilization of related technologies for a certain period of time.There are potential legal conflicts and synergies between seed usage rights and gene patents.Gene patents typically cover improved crop varieties,which may contain specific genes,thus potentially touching gene patent rights when using patented genes for cultivation.This may lead to restrictions on farmers in their traditional plan-ting practices,raising concerns about the rights and interests of agricultural communities.In recent years,with the rapid development of biotechnology and genetic engineering,the issues of seed usage rights and gene patents have attracted widespread attention.This study aims to explore the legal relationship between seed usage rights and gene patents in depth,focusing on the legal,ethical,and economic aspects of agriculture,and providing useful ref-erences for the improvement of relevant legal systems and the realization of sustainable agricultural development.
Gene patentsSeed usage rightsAgricultural ecosystemInternational lawAgricultural social devel-opment
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