This chapter examines the legal context in which agricultural innovation occurs. It looks at the relationship between intellectual property rights and agriculture. It considers those intellectual property laws which are most relevant to agricultural innovation: plant variety rights, patents, geographical indications and trade secrets. It concludes with a consideration of the impacts of biodiversity laws upon agriculture.
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Blakeney, M. (2020). Intellectual property and agricultural innovation. In Local Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Agricultural Innovation (pp. 21–43). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4611-2_2
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