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Key Issues

Impact Study

UPOV Report on the Impact of Plant Variety Protection
(UPOV Publication 353(E))
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Breeder's exemption

Breeder's exemption in the 1978 and the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
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Notion of Breeder and Common Knowledge

The Notion of Breeder and Common Knowledge
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Genetic Resources and Benefit-SharingLetter to the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) containing a decision of the Council of UPOV for consideration by the Conference of Parties of the CBD at its ninth meeting to be held in Bonn, Germany, from May 19 to 30, 2008
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 Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
(Reply of UPOV to the Notification of April 12, 2005, from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD))
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Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing
(Reply of UPOV to the Notification of June 26, 2003, from the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD))
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(Adopted by the Council of UPOV, October 23, 2003)

UPOV and IPGRI to Intensify Cooperation:  Meeting on May 13 and 14, 2004, at the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Maccarese (Rome).
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Trade and Transfer of Technology

International Harmonization is Essential for Effective Plant Variety Protection and Transfer of Technology
(Based on an intervention in the Council for TRIPS, September 19, 2002)
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Plant BiotechnologyWIPO-UPOV Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Biotechnology
(Geneva, October 24, 2003)

WIPO-UPOV Symposium on the Co-existence of Patents and Plant Breeders' Rights in the Promotion of Biotechnological Developments 
(Geneva, October 25, 2002)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)Getting the Most of Out of Your New Plant Variety
OtherPosition of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) concerning Decision VI/5 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological 
Diversity (CBD) (April 11, 2003)
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