The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) held its Council meeting on 21 October, approving the participation of two public interest groups that were rejected at a previous meeting as observers to the Council (IPW, WIPO, 28 March 2010). The draft summary for the press of the Council meeting is available here [pdf]. The next meeting of the UPOV council will be on 8 April, 2011.
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