NLSIU CIPRA’s International Round Table with DPIIT’s IPR Chair [Mar 5-6]

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India) Chair on IPR & CIPRA – National Law School of India University, Bangalore are organizing the International Round Table on Achieving global food security through instrumentalities of Plant Variety and Other Related Disciplines (Patent, Trade Secret, ABS & Regulatory framework).

About the National Law School of India University

The National Law School of India University is a public law school and a National Law University located in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was the first National Law University to be established in India as well as one of the first in the country to offer the five-year integrated undergraduate law degree.

Overview

The use of new plant varieties is the key element in increasing productivity and product quality of agricultural production. The availability of adapted plant genetic resources, plant varieties, and new forms of plant innovation can therefore be a decisive factor in improving the rural economy and achieving food security and nutrition goals. Additionally, Climate-smart agriculture or nutrition-friendly strategies also include the development of improved varieties. It is thus a major challenge to establish a fair, sustainable, and effective system of plant genetic resource exchange, plant variety protection, and other intellectual property protection that encourages the co-development of new varieties of plants by researchers, farmers, and breeders, while also encouraging smallholder farmers to be recognized and rewarded for their longstanding contributions to biodiversity maintenance.

The main contention is to encourage the development of these new plant varieties and plant innovation and the achievement of global food security considering the interrelated disciplines of Intellectual Property. To address this issue, Plant Variety protection instruments and other intellectual property instruments must ensure and improve food security globally and laws that can address access and distribution of seeds.

Eligibility

  • Researchers from both public ICAR/CSIR;
  • State Agricultural and Horticultural Universities; and
  • Traditional universities faculties and students.
  • Private sector practitioners who are involved in plant breeding, private seed companies, NGOs, IP attorneys, etc.

Date & Time

  • Date: 05.03.2021 & 06.03.2021
  • Time: 1.00 pm IST Onwards

Schedule of the RoundTable

Registration Link

To register for the International Roundtable by NLSIU, click on the links below to join.

No Registration fees

*Prior registration is mandatory.
*Certificates for all the participants.

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