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Current Legal Issues in Intellectual Property Rights and Protection for Crop Plants
Author(s) -
Jondle Robert J.,
Hill Krista K.,
Sanny Tony
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci2014.10.0693
Subject(s) - intellectual property , plant variety , variety (cybernetics) , biology , business , law and economics , microbiology and biotechnology , law , economics , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , horticulture
Numerous intellectual property protection options are available for plants and plant‐based inventions both in the United States and abroad, including utility and plant patents, plant variety rights, plant breeders' rights, trade secrets, contract law, and trademarks. Careful planning and consideration of these options is critical to obtaining and maintaining optimum intellectual property protection. Recent court cases concerning patent law, as well as other current intellectual property topics such as genetically modified organism labeling and protection for essentially derived varieties, lend additional guidance to consideration of these important intellectual property options.