law: The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
  6. Application for
  
  intellectual property rights not to be made without approval of National
  
  Biodiversity Authority.-
  1.  
  
    No
  
  person shall apply for any intellectual property right, by whatever name
  
  called, in or outside India for any invention based on any research or
  
  information on a biological resource obtained from India without obtaining the
  
  previous approval of the National Biodiversity Authority before making such
  
  application: Provided that if a person applies for a patent, permission of the
  
  National Biodiversity Authority may be obtained after the acceptance of the
  
  patent but before the sealing of the patent by the patent authority concerned:
  
  Provided further that the National Biodiversity Authority shall dispose of the
  
  application for permission made to it within a period of ninety days from the
  
  date of receipt thereof.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  National Biodiversity Authority may, while granting the approval under this
  
  section, impose benefit sharing fee or royalty or both or impose conditions
  
  including the sharing of financial benefits arising out of the commercial
  
  utilisation of such rights.
  3.  
  
    The
  
  provisions of this section shall not apply to any person making an application
  
  for any right under any law relating to protection of plant varieties enacted
  
  by Parliament.
  4.  
  
  
  
    Where
  
  any right is granted under law referred to in sub-section (3), the concerned
  
  authority granting such right shall endorse a copy of such document granting
  
  the right to the National Biodiversity Authority.