United Kingdom
September 15, 2010
BIPO Ltd (Breeders Intellectual Property Office) has been established to collect royalties on behalf of breeders who use a Royalty Area Collection (RAC) approach.
In its third season, the RAC is a contract based approach to the management and collection of royalties. Initially this is operating in some minor crop areas but the prospect is there for a wider adoption. The scheme adopts a unified royalty approach on the basis that regardless of whether the seed is Farm Saved Seed or Certified the genetic expression remains the same.
Supported by dedicated software, royalty is invoiced directly by BIPO to the grower, on the area established. The retained information provides a data bank for traceability from season to season and for audit verification.
In adopting an area payment approach, it is believed that both growers and stakeholders will better appreciation the genetic value being delivered through new improved varieties. The traditional method of including the royalty on the cost of seed impacts negatively as it can distort and increase the disparity between certified and farm saved seed.
The RAC system can also have its place with novel trait varieties where a more dynamic relationship can be established between the breeder and the grower.
We hope you find this initiative of interest and we welcome comments.
I will be attending the ESA congress next month, should you wish to exchange views.
Chris Green
Director
BIPO Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1371 810948
mob: +44 (0)754 070 6247 or 07811 143091
email: chris@bipo.org.uk
Skype address: fiff_green
web: www.bipo.org.uk
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