Submission
Biotechnology
Submission on the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report into The Compulsory Licensing of Patents
CropLife maintains its support for a strengthening of the status quo and agrees with the findings of the Productivity Commission that the existing provisions of the Patents Act 1990 provide an efficacious remedy where a patentee is abusing their exclusive rights to exploit a patent, or where the reasonable requirements of the public are not being met. CropLife considers there is no basis to justify transforming a remedial mechanism into a tool of general market regulation. The…