Farmers in Malaysia threatened by intellectual property treaty
The Consumers’ Association of Penang strongly calls on the Government not to join the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 1991 (UPOV 1991). There is a proposal in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to require membership of UPOV 1991 by the participating countries. However, there is growing concern globally that UPOV 1991 establishes an...
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