Setting the Background

Viola Prifti
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Viola Prifti: Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Breeder's Exception to Patent Rights, 2015, pp 7-10 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter illustrates the reasons that brought this study into being. It provides the reader with a preliminary understanding of the subject through a brief explanation of countries' obligations in the field of intellectual protection of plant varieties as required by the TRIPS Agreement; the need to adopt exceptions to patent rights for breeding purposes; and the relevance of the subject for policymaking and academic purposes.

Keywords: Plant Variety; Patent Protection; Patent System; Intellectual Property Protection; Trips Agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15771-9_2

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