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The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries

This paper addresses the issue of protection of plant varieties under the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. It describes the origins of plant variety protection, discusses the available options for developing countries and looks at the current status of compliance w...

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Main Author: De Jong, Annemarie
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Intellectual Property Research Unit 2014
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description This paper addresses the issue of protection of plant varieties under the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. It describes the origins of plant variety protection, discusses the available options for developing countries and looks at the current status of compliance with the TRIPS provisions. Against this background the relationship between plant variety protection and global trade is analysed for one particular aspect: the cut flower export industry in developing countries.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4433 The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries De Jong, Annemarie This paper addresses the issue of protection of plant varieties under the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. It describes the origins of plant variety protection, discusses the available options for developing countries and looks at the current status of compliance with the TRIPS provisions. Against this background the relationship between plant variety protection and global trade is analysed for one particular aspect: the cut flower export industry in developing countries. 2014-07-30T17:58:09Z 2014-07-30T17:58:09Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4433 en application/pdf Intellectual Property Research Unit Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
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title The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
title_full The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
title_fullStr The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
title_full_unstemmed The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
title_short The requirement of plant variety protection in TRIPS and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
title_sort requirement of plant variety protection in trips and its importance for the cut flower export industry in developing countries
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