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What are the issues regarding intellectual property and agricultural biotechnology?

April 26, 2017Agricultural biotechnology intellectual property

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What are the issues regarding intellectual property and agricultural biotechnology?

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All new crop varieties that meet the criteria of the federal Plant Variety Protection Act-whether produced by conventional means or biotechnology-are eligible for intellectual property rights protection. To receive protection, the new variety must be distinct from other varieties and genetically uniform and stable through successive generations. The length of protection is 20 years for most crop plants.