The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
6. Application for
intellectual property rights not to be made without approval of National
Biodiversity Authority.-
1.
No
person shall apply for any intellectual property right, by whatever name
called, in or outside India for any invention based on any research or
information on a biological resource obtained from India without obtaining the
previous approval of the National Biodiversity Authority before making such
application: Provided that if a person applies for a patent, permission of the
National Biodiversity Authority may be obtained after the acceptance of the
patent but before the sealing of the patent by the patent authority concerned:
Provided further that the National Biodiversity Authority shall dispose of the
application for permission made to it within a period of ninety days from the
date of receipt thereof.
2.
The
National Biodiversity Authority may, while granting the approval under this
section, impose benefit sharing fee or royalty or both or impose conditions
including the sharing of financial benefits arising out of the commercial
utilisation of such rights.
3.
The
provisions of this section shall not apply to any person making an application
for any right under any law relating to protection of plant varieties enacted
by Parliament.
4.
Where
any right is granted under law referred to in sub-section (3), the concerned
authority granting such right shall endorse a copy of such document granting
the right to the National Biodiversity Authority.