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• Title:Intellectual property rights in plant varieties : international legal regimes and policy options for national governments / Laurence R. Helfer.
  
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• Author/Creator:Helfer, Laurence R.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  
• Published/Created:Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3876 .H45 2004 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Plant varieties--Patents--Government policy.
  Plant varieties--Patents--Law and legislation.
  
• Genre/Form:Patents.
  
• Description:viii, 104 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:FAO legislative study ; 85.
  
• Summary:The study provides an overview of the international intellectual property system regulating plant varieties. It identifies the essential features of this system, including the policies supporting the grant of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the societal objectives in tension with IPRs, the institutions that have shaped the international intellectual property system, and the basic components contained in the relevant international treaties. The study aims to set forth regulatory options for national governments to protect plant varieties while achieving other public policy objectives relating to plant genetic resources.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [95]-104).
  
• ISBN:9251052220
  
• Contents:Legal and policy concepts relating to the protection of plant varieties and plant breeders' rights
  International IPR agreements regulating plant varieties and plant breeders' rights
  Options available to national governments under existing international IPR agreements protecting plant variets and plant breeders' rights
  Future revisions of international IPR agreements affecting the protection of plant varieties : the WTO Doha Round and the ITPGR
  Conclusion.