Propiedad intelectual en las semillas de cannabis

Abstract

This article deals with how Cannabis seeds are protected by intellectual property in Colombia, making it clear that due to the rules, treaties, international agreements signed and supranational regulations existing in our country, said seeds like no other part of the plant They are the subject of a patent but of plant breeder's rights. As regards the Cannabis industry, its innovations and the intellectual property of the seeds in this industry, as well as a review of the current legislation in Brazil on the same subject. Concluding that although it is true that Cannabis seeds are the object of innovations, the patent that is the protection figure par excellence does not apply to them as it does to any living being, however they are not unprotected because for this it is contemplated by all this legislation the plant breeder certificate which is the only way to protect them, as well as all parts of the Cannabis plant.