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| | WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION |
 | | The results of a WIPO-UPOV Symposium, held on October 24, 2003, in Geneva, were clear: progress in plant biotechnology is important for all countries, developed and developing, and requires appropriate protection of intellectual property rights. |
 | | In this regard, patents and plant breeders’ rights are both needed and often combined in protection and promotion of plant biotechnology. |
 | | This WIPO-UPOV Symposium attracted some 200 participants, including representatives of governments, international organizations, academics and legal experts, as well as companies active in biotechnology and plant breeding. |
| www.upov.int /en/documents/Symposium2003/intro_index.html (210 words) |
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