Agricultural IP protection

The Supreme People's Court recently released "Opinions on Providing Judicial Guarantees and Legal Services for Pushing forward Rural Reform and Development", which states that people's courts shall protect agricultural intellectual property rights and promote science and technology innovation in agriculture.

The document puts forward five measures to strengthen protection of modern agriculture. It makes it clear that people's courts shall intensify the protection of intellectual property rights in agriculture.

Specifically, the courts shall enhance the trial of agriculture-related IPR cases, intensify support for agriculture-related IPR, especially major science and technology achievements and new varieties of plants and strengthen IPR protection for agricultural innovation fruits.

(Source: China Daily)

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