قابلیت حمایت از ابداعات مهندسی ژنتیک در نظام حقوق مالکیت فکری

Genetic engineering innovations are protectable in intellectual property law system as intellectual properties. Protection of many of these innovations in economic, environmental, moral and human rights fundamentals is justifiable. Based on existing fundamentals in field of mentioned aspects, protection of genetic engineering innovations is provided to application of economic, environmental, moral and also human rights principles. Also based on these fundamentals doing of some genetic engineering actions is prohibited, so we can’t protect innovations which are obtained by these kinds of actions.  According to Article 2 of Biosafety Act 1388, doing genetic engineering actions in Iran’s regulations is legitimate. Based on Article 16 of Biodiversity Convention, which Iran has joined it, genetic engineering innovations are protectable in intellectual property law system.