Porównanie przedmiotów dwóch reżimów ochrony własności intelektualnej Wynalazek biotechnologiczny a odmiana roślin
Comparison of the objects of two systems of intellectual property protection Biotechnological invention vs plant variety

Author(s): Jan Gryza
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: intellectual property in agriculture; biotechnological invention; plant variety; plant variety rights; breeder’s right; patent
Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on a comparison of the objects of two systems of intellectual property protection – the system of patent law and the system of plant variety right. Firstly, social context of the creation of protection systems and the evolution of national and international legal rules are described. Then, characteristics of inventions, especially biotechnological invention and properties of a plant variety are compared. Finally, the problem of delimitation of a distinction between biotechnological inventions and a plant variety is discussed.

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