@article{49048,
      author = {MacDonald, Hamish,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49048},
      title = {Who judges plants? : Scientific-legal judgement of  varieties for plant breeder's rights.},
      abstract = {An internationally standardised system of intellectual  property protection for new varieties of plants is outlined  by the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants  Convention. Within this system, member States must  determine who will be responsible for assessing plant  varieties. Jurisdictions have adopted divergent approaches  to this question, with varying degrees and modes of  government involvement in the assessment process. Taking  Australia as a case study, this article explores a  decentralised system of expert judgement where individuals  accredited as Qualified Persons are authorised to judge new  plant varieties. Drawing on extensive interviews, this  article outlines Australia's Qualified Person system,  including the accreditation, training, and supervision of  Qualified Persons. I argue that the formal system of  varietal assessment is underlaid and buttressed by a  multiplicity of informal elements, including the tacit  knowledge of Qualified Persons, audit processes,  apprenticeship-like learning practices and interpersonal  relationships of trust between Qualified Persons and  government officials.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jwip.12276},
      recid = {49048},
      pages = {1 online resource (pages 357-380)},
}