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4) Plant patents, plant breeder rights and certified seed: understanding intellectual property rights
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Protecting intellectual property rights allows a breeding entity to analyze their return on investment in developing new and improved varieties or characteristics. It ensures that something they spend research capital on provides them with revenue to continue to breed new products to meet the market needs and profit from the investments and risks they have made. Without these protections there is no reason to invest or innovate.