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Intellectual Property, Plant Breeders' Rights

Australian Plant Breeders’ Rights to be significantly strengthened

Veg Tran
21 June 2018

The Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Bill 2018 seeks to introduce yet further changes aimed at improving Australia’s intellectual property laws.  The proposed amendments to the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act, 1994 cover many key aspects of Australia’s plant breeders’ rights regime and are expected to have a significant impact on the agricultural sector.  For interested readers, we have prepared this AgThinking article.

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