Nursery Papers

Plant Patents - An alternative for the Nursery Industry

There are a range of intellectual property laws associated with plants, trademarks and associated contracts. Recently, patent law has become more widely utilised providing an additional tool for the Nursery & Garden Industry to assist with the protection of intellectual property involved with the breeding, selection and selling of new plant varieties. In this Nursery Paper Robert Chin, Nursery Industry Development Officer for Victoria, will introduce you to the process of plant patents and how this may affect the way you protect your plants into the future.

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