Breeders' Rights for New Plant Varieties and UPOV Membership
Within the scope of Law No. 5042 on the Protection of Breeders‘ Rights to New Plant Varieties, the Regulation on the Protection of Breeders’ Rights to New Plant Varieties and the Regulation on the Implementation Principles of Farmer Exemption were published in the Official Gazette on 12 August 2004 and entered into force.
Turkey and UPOV Membership
Turkey became the 65th member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) on 18 November 2007.
Thanks to membership to UPOV, plant varieties registered in Turkey can be taken under international protection and registration procedures within the framework of international plant breeders' rights have been accelerated.
As Başalan Patent & Trademark, we are at your side with our expert team in the registration of plant varieties and protection of breeders' rights!
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LIST OF UPOV MEMBER COUNTRIES
Organisation for African Intellectual Property (OAPI)
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Equator
Egypt
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Republic of South Korea
Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam