Resources

Elizabeth Freeman Rosenzweig (April 2020) Essentially Derived Varieties and The Role of Leading Cases in Chinese Plant Variety Protection

Mark Cohen (October 2021) China’s New Judicial Interpretation on Harmonizing Plant Variety Protection with IP Reforms and Agricultural Policy

Yuelai Lu, (March 2021) Speed Up the Modernization of Agriculture and Rural Areas

Alanna Rennie, (November 2020) China’s Latest PVR case: “Dan Xia Red” Pear Variety Infringement (full version)

Andrew Sim, Alanna Rennie, (July 2021) China: Supreme People’s Court judicial interpretation provides guidance for consistent hearings in new plant variety rights infringement cases

Andrew Sim, Alanna Rennie, (August 2021) Commersialisation of GMOs in China

Andrew Sim, Alanna Rennie, (August 2021) Draft Amendments to China’s Seed Law

Andrew Sim, Alanna Rennie, (March 2020) Supreme People’s Court Decision in Pomelo Case Clarifies Scope of Plant Variety Rights in China

Ron van der Ploeg, (August 2021) Bad Faith Plant Variety Rights Applications in China

Draft Amendments to the Seed Law for comments (Chinese)

Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of China on Handling Plant Variety Infringement Cases (II) (Chinese)

Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of China on Handling Plant Variety Cases (Revision) (Chinese)

PRC Seed Law Draft Amendment Comparison Chart

Provision of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law to the Trial of Cases Involving Disputes Over Infringement of New Plant Variety Rights (II)

Supreme People’s Court case on the Farmers’ exemption (Chinese)

Dan Fang slides