Protection of Plant Variety
This course is part of a program and cannot be purchased individually.
This course provides an in-depth study of the legal mechanisms for protecting plant varieties, with a focus on intellectual property rights for plant breeders. It covers the eligibility criteria for plant variety registration, distinguishing between new, extant, and farmers’ varieties. Participants will learn about the procedural aspects of plant variety registration, including application, examination, and grant of protection. The course also delves into the legal rights and obligations of breeders, detailing the scope of protection and limitations under relevant laws such as the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001. Additionally, it addresses infringement issues, enforcement mechanisms, and remedies available to plant breeders. The course also highlights the significance of biological diversity and sustainable agricultural practices in plant variety protection. Designed for legal professionals, agricultural researchers, and policymakers, this course provides essential knowledge to navigate plant variety protection laws and their implications in the agricultural and IP sectors.
A healthy plant is one that adapts best to the situation in which it finds itself. There is no objective measure of this.
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Dr Pratima Narayan
Instructor, EBC Learning & Advocate & Mediator, Co-founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP
Dr Pratima Narayan is an Advocate, Mediator and Co-founder of Techlawlogi Consulting LLP. She is an Editor and Consultant at EBC Learning. She has offered courses on consumer law, arbitration, e-commerce, contract law and corporate law on the platform. She has authored a book on ‘Electronic Commerce: Legal Compliance’, published by Eastern Book Company. The book comprehensively outlines the various legal and regulatory frameworks and compliance for e-commerce players. Dr Pratima has served the legal academia for over two decades as a visiting faculty at various reputed law schools and business schools. Dr Pratima holds a Doctorate in Law from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
Presented by: Dr Charu Mathur
Instructor, EBC Learning & AOR, Supreme Court
Dr Charu Mathur has rich and diverse expertise in corporate, commercial, civil, criminal and constitutional law matters. She is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India. She has represented parties which include cricketing bodies and educational institutions like IIT Jodhpur, NLU Jodhpur, BPUT Orissa, MPUAT Rajasthan, and private engineering and medicine colleges of Gujarat and Orissa.
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
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