@article{41876,
      author = {Correa, Carlos M. and Correa, Juan I. and Jonge, Bram De},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/41876},
      title = {The status of patenting plants in the Global South},
      abstract = {Over the last few decades, the number of patents on plants  and plant parts has greatly increased in various parts of  the world. Most research, however, has focused exclusively  on developed countries—the United States and European  Union states in particular—while little is known about  the extent to which plants are being patented in other  parts of the world. This article aims to fill this  information gap by providing an overview of the status of  patenting plants in the developing countries and emerging  economies of the Global South. The research is based on the  analysis of legal provisions, patentability guidelines,  court decisions (where they exist) and a sample of patents  granted in the countries selected for this study. The  findings indicate that despite the flexibilities of the  World Trade Organization Trade‐Related Aspects of  Intellectual Property Rights Agreement regarding the  nonpatentability of plants, 60% of the 126 countries in the  Global South for which data were available to allow for the  patenting of plants or parts thereof, and many such patents  have been identified. This situation warrants further  reflection and, potentially, review of existing patent laws  as developing countries search for ways of responding  optimally to the needs of feeding a growing population  while adapting to the challenges of climate change.},
      recid = {41876},
      pages = {26 pages},
}