Plant Variety Rights

Introduction to plant variety rights - 5 minutes
(Dr Sean Butler, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge)
• Lecture given by Dr Sean Butler at ICARDA, November 2008
• this is a brief overview of plant variety rights (PVR, or ‘plant breeders’ rights’, PBR), which is one of the main forms of intellectual property protection for plant varieties.
• this is one of the Introductory Talks, designed for anyone who wishes to get a basic, rapid overview of the topic.

Plant Variety Rights - 45 minutes
(Dr Sean Butler, ICARDA October 2007)
• Lecture given by Dr Sean Butler at ICARDA, November 2008
• this is a presentation about the nature of plant variety rights (PVR, or ‘plant breeders’ rights’, PBR), their origins, the requirements to be satisfied for the grant of PVR, and the rights of breeders; it also explores alternatives to PVR, and consider some of the limitations/concerns with PVR.
• the lecture is appropriate for anyone interested in PVR, whether as a form of IP protection or as part of a collaboration.