Progress of plant variety protection based on the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention)

World Patent Information

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-243

  Jördens, Rolf ^a  

^a UPOV   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Biodiversity; CBD; Convention members; Farmers' rights; ITPGRFA; PIC; Plant genetic resources; Plant variety protection; Prior informed consent; TRIPS; UPOV; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644445617     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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