Agricultural Economics Research Review
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue: 2

Intellectual property rights protection for plant varieties in India: status, emerging issues, and challenges

  • Author:
  • P A Lakshmi Prasanna, L V Subba Rao, A S Hari Prasad, Amtul Waris, Shaik N Meera, B Nirmala, S Arun Kumar, Divya P Syamaladevi
  • Total Page Count: 12
  • Page Number: 259 to 270

ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-500030, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: prasanna.pa@icar.gov.in

JEL classification O31, O34

Abstract

Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), India recently adopted the sui generis system of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection to plant varieties. The creation and provision of IPR for plant varieties in the seed sector at the global and national levels has led to several challenges: an interplay of IPR and competition, overlapping IPRs, and an interplay of IPR and other regulations. India can draw some insights from global initiatives in providing IPR protection to plant varieties.

Keywords

Plant variety protection (PVP), intellectual property rights (IPR), farmers’ rights, initiatives, new plant breeding techniques, seed, access