...languages. Done at Paris, this second day of December, 1961. ADDITIONAL ACT OF NOVEMBER 10, 1972 AMENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS* The Contracting States, Considering that in the light of the experience gained since the entry into force...

...accordance with its Preamble, the Regulation takes into account existing international conventions such as the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the UPOV Convention), the European Patent Convention and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual...

...countries — Brazil and India (1975), Vietnam (1993), and China (1994) among them.* The UPOV Convention The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the UPOV Convention, signed in 1971 and amended in 1991) establishes a union of contracting parties who...

...New Varieties of Plants (known by its French acronym "UPOV") in 1957 [43], and the promulgation of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the UPOV Convention) in 1961 [44]. The authors of the UPOV Convention confronted an extremely uneven international...

...Literary and Artistic Works (1971); the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967); the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants; the Universal Copyright Convention, and the Brussels Satellite Convention. While Mexico was not on a "Special...

...Literary and Artistic Works (1971); the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967); the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants; the Universal Copyright Convention, and the Brussels Satellite Convention. While Mexico was not on a "Special...

...RIGHTS AND FARMERS' RIGHTS The existing international agreement that covers plant breeders' rights is the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants— the UPOV Convention. The UPOV Convention was adopted initially by five European countries and membership...

...exhibit a particular defined characteristic.) At the international level, this protection is provided by the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. The Convention and national implementing legislation provide plants breeders with the ability to exclude...

...in this volume in Chapter 6 by Lettington. Plant varieties, the sui generis option and food security The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the UPOV Convention) was adopted in Paris in 1961 and entered into force in 1968. It was revised in 1972,...

...and Singapore to ratify or accede to several agreements on intellectual property rights, including the International Convention for the Protection of...Satellite Signals, and the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The chapter also includes full national treatment commitments, with no exceptions for digital products....