Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on some issues concerning the application of law in the trial of cases involving the disputes over infringement upon the rights of new plant varieties.

Subject: Cultivated plants
Keyword: Plant variety Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Court/tribunal Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area: Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes: This Interpretation enters into force on 1 February 2007.

Abstract: The purpose of this interpretation is to correctly hear the cases involving the disputes over infringement upon the rights of new plant varieties. The licensee of a licence contract on implementing new plant varieties, who considers that his rights to new plant varieties have been infringed upon, may lodge a lawsuit to the people’s court.
Full text: English
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