Resources and links
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ISAAA Pocket K No. 9 Intellectual Property Rights
and Agricultural Biotechnology (July 04)
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New initiative helps
researchers wend way through intellectual property maze (July
03)
DATABASES
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USDA/ERS Agricultural biotechnology intellectual property
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FreePatentsOnline search engine
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World Intellectual
Property Organization upgrades its online database, PatentScope
(April 06)
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New version of the U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology
Intellectual Property database (August 04)
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
OECD Patent Statistics Manual (2009)
Seed
Wars: Controversies and Cases on Plant Genetic Resources
and Intellectual Property (2008)
NEWS SOURCES
- World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
- Intellectual Property Watch
POSITION PAPERS
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ISF
position on disclosure of origin in intellectual property protection
applications
(August 03)
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Position Paper of the International Seed Federation
on Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs)
(June 2003)
USDA/AMS Publications
Items of
Interest in Seed - April 2008
Items of
Interest in Seed - October 2007
Worldwide
- World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
Australia
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Australian Plant
Breeder's Rights: A Guide for Grain Growers (June 06)
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Australian Centre for
Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA)
Plant Breeder's Rights Act
1994
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http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pasteact/1/618/top.htm
- complete act in PDF format
- about plant breeder's rights:
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/pbr/index.shtml
- understanding plant breeder's rights:
http://www.acipa.edu.au/frame_pbr.html
Canada
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New report offers
"road map to the future" of crop variety registration in Canada
(March 05)
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency
factsheet: Farmers ability to save seed produced from
protected varieties (December 04)
- List of Varieties which are Registered in Canada, [
PDF (786 kb)] 2009-01-01
- List of Varieties which have been granted Restricted
Registration
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List of Varieties with Novel Traits and Their Progeny Registered
under the Canada Seeds Act and Regulations
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List of Registered Varieties by Crop Type with Canadian
Representatives
Chile
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Fundación para la
Innovación Agraria facilita acceso a patentes agrícolas (July
07)
China
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Revision of Plant
Variety Protection Regulations in China (February 08)
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China updates plant
variety testing procedures (October 07)
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Options for protecting
plant varieties in the Peoples Republic of China (May 07)
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Planting seeds -
Administrative measures for grass seeds (March 06)
Ethiopia
Ethiopia enacts laws
for plant breeders' rights and biodiversity (March 06)
European Union
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Breeders encounter
various problems when trying to enforce their European Community
plant variety rights, but the situation is not hopeless
(October 05)
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European Community Plant
Variety Office celebrates its 10th anniversary
(June 05)
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Summary report of
the November 24, 2004 meeting of the standing committee on
European Community plant variety rights (November 04)
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European Court of
Justice: Holders of Community plant variety rights are free to
choose the legal form they wish to take
(March 04)
Auskunftspflicht bei
Z-Saatgutkauf - Europäischer Gerichtshof urteilt zur Auskunft
beim Nachbau
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European Commission publishes first report on biotech patents directive
(October 02)
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France
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Les semences de
ferme en France et la loi
(October 07)
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Lutte contre la
contrefaçon des semences fermières (October 07)
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République
Française: Loi n° 2004-1338 du 8 décembre 2004 relative
à la protection des inventions biotechnologiques
(December 04)
Germany
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German
biopatent law passed (December 04)
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Bundesgerichtshof
bestätigt Saatguttreuhandverwaltung (May 04)
India
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India issues
new regulations to protect plant varieties and farmers'
rights (January 07)
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Indian Council
of Agricultural Research guidelines for intellectual
property management and technology transfer and
commercialization (September 06)
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India's Patents Act
amended (January 05)
Malaysia
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Malaysia's
Protection of New Plant Varieties Act 2004 to be enforced in
2007 (November 06)
Mexico
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Nueva ley de
semillas en México (April 07)
Morocco
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Plant variety protection in Morocco (September 2008)
Pakistan
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Seed registration and
certification system in Pakistan (2003 ?)
Philippines
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Variety
accreditation and biosafety guidelines in The Philippines
(November 06)
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Biotechnology and
Intellectual Property Rights training center to boost ag
research in The Philippines (Aug 05)
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Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act signed into law (July 02)
South Africa
An Overview of
Plant Variety Protection in South Africa (February 06)
Spain
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Ratification by Spain
of the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Ratificación de España del Acta de 1991 del Convenio
Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales
(June 07)
United Kingdom
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(DEFRA)
Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division
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Plant Variety
and Seeds Gazette (published monthly)
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PVS: Plant Breeders' Rights
United States
- U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office
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American Seed
Trade Association creates first comprehensive Guide to State
Seed Regulations (December 06)
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Producers need to
understand plant variety protection laws, says North Dakota
State Seed Department deputy commissioner (April 06)
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USDA/ERS report:
Government Patenting and Technology Transfer (March 06)
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New version of the U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology
Intellectual Property database (August 04)
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Pew Initiative analysis
finds checkerboard state legislation in the
U.S. (May 04)
Vietnam
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Plants varieties
protected by new intellectual property rights decree in Vietnam
(October 06)
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Intellectual property
rights on plant varieties in Vietnam (June 06)
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Plant patents:
public interest versus private profit -
University of
California Davis helps author initiative to ensure access to
patented technologies
(September 03)
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Public-Sector Intellectual Property Resource for
Agriculture (PIPRA): New initiative helps
researchers wend way through intellectual property maze (June
03)
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