Plant genetic resources

Intellectual property rights

• Intellectual property Rights on Plant genetic resources
• International Agricultural Research: Intellectual Property Administrations in the Making  
• Plant genetic resources for Food and Agriculture: Facilitated Access or Utility Patents on Plant Varieties
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• ABSP Basic Workbook in Intellectual Property Management
• Ethical and ecological aspects of industrial property rights in the context of genetic engineering and biotechnology
• Consequences of intellectual property rights on farmer seed systems in developing countries  [PDF 141KB]
• Best practices using indigenous knowledge [PDF 907KB]
• The economics of intellectual property rights under imperfect enforcement:developing countries, biotechnology, and the TRIPS agreement [PDF 141KB]
• Intellectual property rights, trade and biodiversity [PDF 92KB]
• Keeping science open: the effects of intellectual property policy on the conduct of science
  
• The case for a new intellectual property order
• More on intellectual property from the National Academies' Intellectual Property website