Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future?

The book reviews the history, present, and likely future of intellectual property for plant firelated inventions. It describes “what works” and “what does not work” in the current situation and analyzes whether the current intellectual property framework will be able to cope with the rise of genome editing/new breeding technologies (especially CRISPR Cas). Based on trend data, the analysis shows that the current system, including stakeholder initiatives, will most likely not be able to adap...