E. TRIPS, sui generis and plant variety protection

• UPOV to decide on farmers' and civil society participation in its sessions (Oct 2010)
• Support for farmer and civil society organisations' observer status to UPOV (Oct 2010)
• India: Plant variety protection, farmers' rights bill adopted (S.Sahai) 2 Sept 2001
• Brazil wants 'micro-organism' defined, opposes 'broad patents' (C.Raghavan) 17 Nov 2000
• WTO sanctions 'theft of intellectual rights of poor by rich' (S.Singh)
• 10 questions on TRIPS, technology transfer and biodiversity (TWN Briefing)
• Ensnaring the South in UPOV net? (GRAIN)
• UPOV against farmer's interests? (Other India Features)
• Southern Africa for renegotiation of UPOV 1991  (Lewis Machipisa)
• Pakistan: Monsanto fiddles with plant protection act (Muddassir Rizvi)
• Sui generis law for plant varieties: Preserving the knowledge and creativity of traditional breeders - a Third World view (G.S.Nijar)
• Third World entitled to more time for plant protection (G.S.Nijar)
• Article 27.3b of the TRIPS agreement: Review options for the South (Cecilia Oh)
• Why we should reject biotech patents from TRIPS - Scientific Briefing on TRIPS Art.27.3b (Dr Mae-Wan Ho and Dr Terje Traavik)
• WTO pushing new laws against Asian farmers