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In the interest of the service, the Department of Agriculture
adopts the following Policy on the Protection of Intellectual
Properties of the Department:
As the government agency tasked to provide a policy environment
conducive to achieving the goals of food security and sustainability
of the agriculture and fishery sectors, the Department of Agriculture
encourages technological innovations, creations, and inventions
by DA bureaus, agencies, corporations, and other offices and/or
their personnel.
As a public institution serving public interest, DA-owned
technologies, creations, and inventions when granted rights under
existing intellectual property regimes, shall be made available
for public use, consistent with the Department's mandate to transfer
and disseminate approved technologies, except for a valid reason
that would prevent such use. In all cases, public access to DA
intellectual property rights are subject to the rights of innovators,
creators and inventors."
A DA Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy and Management
Committee shall then be created to help institutionalize said
policy and shall be headed by the Undersecretary for Policy and
Planning. Said committee shall make recommendations on the protection
and technology transfer of DA intellectual properties, for the
Secretary of Agriculture's concurrence. The Committee is also
tasked to organize the DA IPR program and to provide legal and
technical advice to all DA units on IPR protection.
This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
ARTHUR C. YAP
Secretary
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