Breeding business: Plant breeder's rights and patent rights in the plant breeding business

H. Dons; N.P. Louwaars

doi:10.1787/9789264167445-22-en

Breeding business: Plant breeder's rights and patent rights in the plant breeding business

H. Dons, N.P. Louwaars

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This section discusses differences in the strength of Intellectual Property protection between plant breeders' rights (a form of intellectual property right developed specifically for new plant varieties) and patent rights. It presents the main findings of a report, "Breeding Business", issued in the Netherlands and which examined trends in technological developments, socio/economic developments, intellectual property protection, and policy and use of genetic resources. The analysis contained in this report suggests that access to genetic variation is so crucial for further innovation in breeding that a form of breeder’s exemption within patents rights seems both justified and necessary. Options to achieve this objective can be found at three levels: via amendments to current legislation and regulations; via the improvement of the quality of patent; and via improvement of the handling of intellectual property in the industrial sector.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the OECD Conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Pages	263-278
ISBN (Print)	9789264167438
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264167445-22-en
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	OECD conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France - Duration: 15 Jun 2011 → 17 Jun 2011

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Conference	OECD conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France
Period	15/06/11 → 17/06/11

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Dons, H & Louwaars, NP 2012, Breeding business: Plant breeder's rights and patent rights in the plant breeding business. in Proceedings of the OECD Conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France. OECD Publishing, pp. 263-278, OECD conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France, 15/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264167445-22-en

Breeding business: Plant breeder's rights and patent rights in the plant breeding business. / Dons, H.; Louwaars, N.P.

Proceedings of the OECD Conference on Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, Paris, la France. OECD Publishing, 2012. p. 263-278.

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