This book provides a detailed and critical account of the emergence, development and implementation of plant variety protection laws in Asian countries. In so doing, the book explores how Asian countries can capitalise on the 'unused policy space' in international agreements such as TRIPS and UPOV, and in the CBD and the Plant Treaty.
This book provides a detailed and critical account of the emergence, development and implementation of plant variety protection laws in Asian countries. In so doing, the book explores how Asian countries can capitalise on the 'unused policy space' in international agreements such as TRIPS and UPOV, and in the CBD and the Plant Treaty.
List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword BRAD SHERMAN 1 Intellectual property law for plant varieties: Challenges and developments in Asia KAMALESH ADHIKARI AND DAVID J. JEFFERSON 2 Plant breeders' rights proliferate in Asia: The spread of the UPOV Convention model DAVID J. JEFFERSON 3 Essentially derived varieties: A workable compromise against free-riding breeders? CHARLES LAWSON 4 Implementation of the plant variety protection laws of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: Trends and future prospects RAJESWARI KANNIAH 5 Opportunities and challenges created by the Plant Variety Protection and Farmers' Rights Act in India R. C. AGRAWAL 6 Policy, politics, and implications of Pakistan's Plant Breeders' Rights Act MUHAMMAD AHSAN RANA AND KAMALESH ADHIKARI 7 The National Seed Policy of Timor-Leste: Laying the foundation for the regulation of plant varieties as intellectual property PRATAP SHRESTHA 8 A fresh look at the protection of 'domestic' and 'wild' plant varieties in Thailand PAWARIT LERTDHAMTEWE AND DAVID J. JEFFERSON 9 From neglect to protection: Recognising the importance of farmers' varieties in Sri Lanka ASANKA PERERA AND KAMALESH ADHIKARI 10 What does it mean to protect farmers' varieties as intellectual property? KAMALESH ADHIKARI Index
List of illustrations List of contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword BRAD SHERMAN 1 Intellectual property law for plant varieties: Challenges and developments in Asia KAMALESH ADHIKARI AND DAVID J. JEFFERSON 2 Plant breeders' rights proliferate in Asia: The spread of the UPOV Convention model DAVID J. JEFFERSON 3 Essentially derived varieties: A workable compromise against free-riding breeders? CHARLES LAWSON 4 Implementation of the plant variety protection laws of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: Trends and future prospects RAJESWARI KANNIAH 5 Opportunities and challenges created by the Plant Variety Protection and Farmers' Rights Act in India R. C. AGRAWAL 6 Policy, politics, and implications of Pakistan's Plant Breeders' Rights Act MUHAMMAD AHSAN RANA AND KAMALESH ADHIKARI 7 The National Seed Policy of Timor-Leste: Laying the foundation for the regulation of plant varieties as intellectual property PRATAP SHRESTHA 8 A fresh look at the protection of 'domestic' and 'wild' plant varieties in Thailand PAWARIT LERTDHAMTEWE AND DAVID J. JEFFERSON 9 From neglect to protection: Recognising the importance of farmers' varieties in Sri Lanka ASANKA PERERA AND KAMALESH ADHIKARI 10 What does it mean to protect farmers' varieties as intellectual property? KAMALESH ADHIKARI Index
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