Urgency of changes in legal regulation of property relations on plant varieties in connection with recodification of the Civil Code of Ukraine
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https://doi.org/10.31548/law2021.01.011Abstract
The urgency of the study liesin the development by scientists of the draft Law on recodification (update) of civil legislation of Ukraine. The article analyzes the norms of the Civil Code of Ukraine in the field of state registration of intellectual property rights to plant varieties for compliance with international norms, the binding nature of which is recognized by Ukraine. The norms of Article 485 of the Civil Code of Ukraine stipulate that the intellectual property right to a plant variety consists of: 1) personal in tangible intellectual property rights to a plant variety, certified by state registration; 2) intellectual property rights to a plant variety, certified by a patent; 3) property right of intellectual property for the distribution of plant varieties, certified by state registration. Norms of international acts in the field of intellectual property, namely: the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, Council Regulation (EC) № 2100/94 of July 27, 1994 «On Plant Variety Rights» property rights to plant varieties: certified by a patent and certified by the state registration for the distribution of plant varieties is not provided. This legislative discrepancy can be a serious obstacle to the protection of plant variety rights, especially at the time of litigation. This is a negative factor for cooperation in agriculture and breeding, as well as in the sector of ensuring a competitive environment in agricultural production.
Keywords: intellectual property, legal regulation, registration of intellectual property rights to plant varieties, intellectual property rights to a plant variety, certified by a patent, intellectual property rights to the distribution of plant varieties, certified by state registration, protection of intellectual property rights, protection of new plant varieties
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