Intellectual Property Protection For Plant Related Innovation

Download or read book Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation written by Michael Andreas Kock and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reviews the history, present, and likely future of intellectual property for plant-related inventions. It describes “what works” and “what does not work” in the current situation and analyzes whether the current intellectual property framework will be able to cope with the rise of genome editing/new breeding technologies (especially CRISPR Cas). Based on trend data, the analysis shows that the current system, including stakeholder initiatives, will most likely not be able to adapt to the technology change. It then evaluates different options for legislators to respond and proposes in detail a new holistic IP system which merges elements of the patent and the plant variety protection system into one new system.