Seed breeders welcome landmark decision on EDVs

Many of the world’s leading fruit and vegetable breeders have welcomed a landmark decision that gives variety owners extended legal protection for what are known as essentially derived varieties (EDVs).

The decision, issued by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), means that the intellectual property rights for so-called single-parent

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