The so-called "bio-piracy" generally refers to multinational companies, research institutions and other institutions related to the bio-industry in developed countries. By virtue of their biotechnology advantages, they use the rich genetic resources and related traditional knowledge of these countries to conduct research and commercial development in the fields of species, food and medicine without the permission and consent of the resource-owning countries and indigenous and local communities, and then use the existing intellectual property legal system in the West to apply for patents on the developed technologies, regardless of whether to provide resources.
The specific contents of biological plagiarism of Antarctic resources include that Antarctic krill, whales, seals, penguins and other biological resources are developed and utilized free of charge and applied for patent protection.