Laos’s new Law on Intellectual Property No.38/NA of November 15, 2017 was published electronically in the Laos official gazette on May 25, 2018, and became effective 15 days subsequent to its publication. This supersedes the previous Law on Intellectual Property No. 01/NA dated December 20, 2011. The new legislation brings reform to a variety of […]
Guide To Plant Varieties Protection In The Asean Region
Protection of Plant Varieties The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention) was signed in Paris in 1961 and entered into force in 1968, seeks to acknowledge the achievements of breeders of new varieties of plants, by granting them an intellectual property right, on the basis of a set of […]
The Malaysian New Plant Varieties Act 2004 – A comparative perspective
It has long been established that one cannot patent the way one grows a plant, or even the plant itself. In Malaysia, section 13(1)(b) of the Patents Act 19831 expressly provides that plant or animal varieties or essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals, other than man-made living micro-organisms, micro-biological processes and […]