Material transfer agreements (MTAs) are agreements that govern the use of material which is being supplied by one party, typically the owner of the material, to another party for a particular use, for example, evaluation of the material, licensing of the material, or research. Such material may include for example, cells, cell lines, cultures, pharmaceutical compounds or compositions, transgenic animals, plasmids, bacteria, proteins, as well as other materials.
The process of invention is complete only with the IP protection provided in law. That's where MBM comes in. We match our clients' creative thinking with the creative protection needed to achieve their goals.
Protection for new plant varieties has been available for just over twenty years in Canada. As new technologies are sought for increasing and improving crop production, Plant Breeders’ Rights help to encourage such innovation by rewarding plant breeders with exclusive rights to sell, and to produce for sale, the reproductive material of their new plant variety.
