TY - GEN T1 - Seminar on the Nature of and Rationale for the Protection of Plant Varieties under the UPOV Convention :organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, in cooperation with the National Department of Agriculture of South Africa, and with the financial assistance of the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom. LA - eng N1 - organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants in cooperation with the National Department of Agriculture of South Africa and with the financial assistance of the overseas development administration of the United Kingdom; Table of Contents : Welcome address : Mr. David P. Keetch; Opening address : Mr. Barry Greengrass; Welcome address : Ms. Thojko Msane; 1st session : General information on the UPOV system of plant variety protection : GREENGRASS, Barry. What is plant variety protection? BUITENDAG, Elise. Technical criteria for plant variety protection; 2nd session : Developments in the field of plant variety protection : GREENGRASS, Barry. The 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention; JOUBERT, Martin. Plant breeders' rights in South Africa; 3rd session : Selected topics on plant variety protection : The European approach to plant variety protection : BOREHAM, David. Plant variety protection in the United Kingdom; MTINDI, Kusum. Plant variety protection in Zimbabwe; WALT, W.J., van der. Intellectual property rights and the South African seed industry; NIEDERWIESER, J.G. Plant variety protection and vegetatively propagated crops in South Africa; 4th session : Plant variety protection in the Southern African region : LEPHEANE, N. Lesotho; IPINGE, S.A. Namibia; GAMA, Douglas. Swaziland; MWAKATUNDU, G.A. Tanzania; ZULU, E.D. Zambia;. N1 - "Pretoria, South Africa, May 3 to 5, 1995.". N1 - "[O]rganized ... for the countries of the Southern African Development Community"--Page [1]. ID - 21144 KW - Plant breeders KW - Intellectual property KW - NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS : UPOV KW - UPOV DOCUMENTS : PARIS UNION : NEW PLANT VARIETIES KW - PROPRIETE INDUSTRIELLE : ADPIC SN - 9280506501 TI - Seminar on the Nature of and Rationale for the Protection of Plant Varieties under the UPOV Convention :organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, in cooperation with the National Department of Agriculture of South Africa, and with the financial assistance of the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom. ER -