International Convention for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), adopted in 1961, in force…

The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), adopted in 1961, entered into force in 1968, and revised in 1991, establishes intellectual property rights (plant breeders' rights) for new plant varieties. Among the given branches of intellectual property, plant variety protection is allied to patent law (and is addressed under Article 27.3(b) in the Patents section of the TRIPS Agreement), rather than trademarks, geographical indications, or copyrights.