Plant Variety Protection: A Consideration of Genetic Relationships
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Plant Variety Protection: A Consideration of Genetic Relationships
Increased interest and debate over ownership of intellectual property (e.g., plant proprietary rights) has arisen in agriculture because the protection of research products is necessary to provide incentive for investment. Any unique, documentable invention (a product, service, or process) having potential use in commerce can be considered intellectual property. Intellectual property is any rec...
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عنوان ژورنال: HortScience
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0018-5345,2327-9834
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.7.1086