The National Collection of Cultures of Microorganisms (CNCM) is an international depositary authority (IDA) under the Budapest Treaty (BT) for the purposes of national and international patent procedures.
As the only Collection in France authorized in patent matters, the CNCM accepts bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts, viruses and animal and human cell lines.
The provision of biological material preserved at the CNCM is governed by the implementing regulations of the TB.
Organizational, technical, scientific, legal, ethical aspects of biobanks are reviewed. What you will learn At the end of this course, you will be able to: Description Biobanks are entities ensuring the management and preservation […]
• National Seminar on the Budapest Treaty in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) September 9-10, 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• National Seminar on the Budapest Treaty in cooperation with the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DGIP) September 12, 2024, Bogor, Indonesia
The Seminars aimed to promote the Budapest system amongst national stakeholders and to share practical experience about the effective management of deposited microorganisms by culture collections in general and by International Depositary Authorities (IDAs) under the Budapest Treaty in particular.
November 13 to November 14, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Meeting WIPO/IDAS/GE/23
On September 4 and 5, 2018, the Microorganism Collection of the National Center for Genetic Resources (CM-CNRG), Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, Mexico, hosted the second WIPO Meeting of Representatives of International Depositary Authorities (IDAs) under the Budapest Treaty. The event was organized by WIPO and CM-CNRG, an International Deposit Authority since 2015, in accordance with the Budapest Treaty.
The purpose of the event was to provide to IDAs a forum of discussion and exchange of experiences about administrative and technical aspects in the microorganism deposit process for industrial patent development and to finalize discussions on the amendment of the Code of Practice for IDAs following the preparatory work in the framework of the Budapest Treaty Electronic Forum.
The event was attended by 31 representatives of 27 worldwide accredited collections from different global regions.
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