PATENTS FOR NEW PLANTS
WELLINGTON, Wed. (P.A.).— A man who devises a more efficient mouse trap, a new synthetic building material or a machine that doubles the output of clothes pegs, has no difficulty in patenting his invention, but what is there to protect the interests of a horticulturist who might have spent 10 or 20 years breeding a new plant variety? This question was discussed today before the Patents Commission, which heard evidence on proposals to extend patent rights to producers of new horticultural plants in New Zealand. Submissions are being heard from the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.
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Northern Advocate, 11 August 1948, Page 4
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100PATENTS FOR NEW PLANTS Northern Advocate, 11 August 1948, Page 4
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