Source: Xinhua

The authorities in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have initiated a Mongolian medicine patents pool program to facilitate commercialization of related technologies. The program has gathered innovations from various sectors in the Mongolian medical field and formed an association of the rights owners, who are encouraged to cross-license their patents to each other and authorize their rights collectively for use by third parties. Currently, there are nearly 600 patents involving more than 300 patentees related to Mongolian medicines.