Publication on Plant Variety Rights Versus Plant Patents

Jan Holthuis (partner and lawyer at Buren and Chair of the IBA Agricultural Law Committee) published as general editor in cooperation with 20 international authors the article: "Plant Variety Rights Versus Plant Patents: Legal Developments and Frictions in a Regional Perspective”.

The article provides an overview of the regional developments at the intersection of plant variety rights and plant patents in the main agriculture jurisdictions spread over 5 continents. The article is published in the May 2019 edition of Business Law International, an IBA publication that is distributed to 80,000 members at the IBA.

Jan Holthuis specializes in international technology transfers, China related product liability claims, food and agriculture investments and international arbitration, in addition to commercial and corporate law transactions.