Miguel Angel Rapela – författare

The scientific and technical development of any kind of germplasm is regulated by a vast network of treaties, conventions, international agreements, and national and regional legislation. These regulations govern biotechnological innovations in plants and microorganisms, access to and use of plant genetic resources, and biosafety. This complex mix has made it difficult to arrive at global interpretations, due to overlaps, gaps, ambiguities, contradictions, and lack of consistency. The big picture is even more complex, as a series of scientific developments – gene editing in particular – have in some cases rendered these international regulatory frameworks obsolete.This book puts forward an innovative approach: a “Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System”. The System is a cooperative game theory-based proposal for a binding international convention which would supersede all other conventions, treaties, national and regional legislation covering native varieties and traditionaldevelopments, heterogeneous plant varieties, microorganisms, biotechnological inventions, plant genetic resources, and biosafety regulation. In short, it offers a comprehensive framework regarding intellectual property, biosafety, and business regulation and covers all types of germplasm.If applied, the system is expected to yield higher productivity rates in crops and improved food biodiversity, as well as a new paradigm based on the promotion of innovation for “Agriculture 4.0.”

The scientific and technical development of any kind of germplasm is regulated by a vast network of treaties, conventions, international agreements, and national and regional legislation. These regulations govern biotechnological innovations in plants and microorganisms, access to and use of plant genetic resources, and biosafety. This complex mix has made it difficult to arrive at global interpretations, due to overlaps, gaps, ambiguities, contradictions, and lack of consistency. The big picture is even more complex, as a series of scientific developments – gene editing in particular – have in some cases rendered these international regulatory frameworks obsolete.This book puts forward an innovative approach: a “Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System”. The System is a cooperative game theory-based proposal for a binding international convention which would supersede all other conventions, treaties, national and regional legislation covering native varieties and traditionaldevelopments, heterogeneous plant varieties, microorganisms, biotechnological inventions, plant genetic resources, and biosafety regulation. In short, it offers a comprehensive framework regarding intellectual property, biosafety, and business regulation and covers all types of germplasm.If applied, the system is expected to yield higher productivity rates in crops and improved food biodiversity, as well as a new paradigm based on the promotion of innovation for “Agriculture 4.0.” 

The scientific and technical development of any kind of germplasm is regulated by a vast network of treaties, conventions, international agreements, and national and regional legislation. These regulations govern biotechnological innovations in plants and microorganisms, access to and use of plant genetic resources, and biosafety. This complex mix has made it difficult to arrive at global interpretations, due to overlaps, gaps, ambiguities, contradictions, and lack of consistency. The big picture is even more complex, as a series of scientific developments – gene editing in particular – have in some cases rendered these international regulatory frameworks obsolete.This book puts forward an innovative approach: a “Comprehensive Plant Germplasm System”. The System is a cooperative game theory-based proposal for a binding international convention which would supersede all other conventions, treaties, national and regional legislation covering native varieties and traditionaldevelopments, heterogeneous plant varieties, microorganisms, biotechnological inventions, plant genetic resources, and biosafety regulation. In short, it offers a comprehensive framework regarding intellectual property, biosafety, and business regulation and covers all types of germplasm.If applied, the system is expected to yield higher productivity rates in crops and improved food biodiversity, as well as a new paradigm based on the promotion of innovation for “Agriculture 4.0.”

Nube negra emerge de las sombras de la historia, entrelazando realidad y ficción para desafiar nuestra visión del pasado y reimaginar el futuro. En esta cautivadora novela ucrónica, Miguel Rapela nos lleva al corazón de la Guerra de Malvinas, un conflicto emblemático y doloroso para la Argentina. A través de una narrativa vibrante que captura la esencia de este enfrentamiento, la obra se adentra en escenarios alternativos que inquietan y mantienen al lector en suspenso hasta el último momento.Sin embargo, este no es un libro sobre la guerra, sino un profundo viaje a través del honor, el sacrificio, la redención, la locura, el poder y las ambiciones personales, que destaca la fragilidad de la historia frente al poder de la imaginación.Nube negra nos invita a cuestionar los hechos, borrando la línea entre lo real y lo posible, animándonos a explorar los límites de la historia y lo que significa realmente confrontar nuestro pasado. Es una puerta abierta a un mundo donde la única verdad es que nada es lo que parece.

El contenido del volumen 1 abarca una introducción general a la importancia del derecho del obtentor, una introducción a conceptos biotecnológicos, las Actas de UPOV de 1978 y 1991, los distintos sistemas de protección regionales y nacionales a nivel de Latinoamérica, la excepción del agricultor, los sistema de captura de valor, la excepción del fitomejorador y el concepto de variedad esencialmente derivada.

El contenido del Volumen 2 abarca la protección de invenciones biotecnológicas mediante patentes, coexistencia entre derecho de obtentor y patentes, superposiciones y vacíos de protección, regímenes de protección de recursos genéticos y fitogenéticos, gestión y administración del derecho del obtentor, manejo del portfolio empresario, límites de la protección y recientes desafíos producto de la innovación abierta y la inteligencia artificial.