Israel: Supreme Court Denies Access To Biological Material Deposited In Support Of Laid-Open Patent Application
In a rather unique case the Israel Supreme Court issued an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the company Hazera from requesting access to watermelon seeds of the company Origene Seeds, deposited for the purpose of patent procedure under the Budapest Treaty, and thereby cancelled a previous decision of the Tel Aviv District Court.
Background
Israel is a signatory to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (“the […]