Sygenta launched an e-licensing platform to provide plant breeders and research institutes with quick and easy access to patented native traits from its commercial vegetable varieties. The global Internet-based platform also offers access to patented enabling technologies, which help breeders with gene expression, plant transformation and protein targeting as they develop high-yielding varieties.
Academic and non-profit organizations can make free use of the available traits and technologies for R&D purposes, and can distribute the resulting products in developing countries free of charge.
Syngenta is offering standard licenses under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. There are also no lengthy and complex negotiations as licenses can be secured via the internet-based platform. The system may be accessed at traitability.com.
To learn more, visit syngenta.com.
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