You Have a New Variety?

摘要

There are two themes to this paper. The first (Part A) comments on interaction between variety protection and parts of commercialisation, and the second (Part B) on two proposed new amendments to Plant Variety Rights legislation. A) PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS (PVR) AS PART OF COMMERCIALISATION: Many of you have knowledge and experience with commercialisation of new varieties and are hopefully making money out of them. I have no intention of offering any advice on this. What I will try to do is point out some factors in protecting and managing varieties that seem to be overlooked. I say overlooked because I am frequently queried about the points that will be raised and if you are considering protecting your new variety, what should you consider before commercialisation? The following are some suggestions.