Implications of the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Variety Protection Regulations in Indonesia

Pajrin R, Wiwoho J, Imanullah MN, Pujiyono. 2021. Implications of the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Variety Protection Regulations in Indonesia. The purpose of writing this article is to observe the implications of the TRIPS Agreement on the regulation of plant variety protection in Indonesia. This research is a normative legal research, using the Statute, Conceptual, Historical and Case Approach. The dynamics of the Plant Variety Protection regulation in Indonesia occurred after Indonesia ratified the international convention on the approval of the establishment of the world trade organization WTO in 1995. TRIPS Agreement is one of the aspects agreed in the international convention. This article describes the legal conditions for the plant variety protection in Indonesia. Plant Variety Protection in Indonesia has experienced various dynamics due to the influence of the TRIPS Agreement, UPOV and other international conventions. The Plant Variety Protection Act itself has undergone several revisions in substance. At first Plant Variety Protection was regulated in the Patent Law of 1997, then, Sui Generis, it regulated in Law Number 29 of 2000 concerning Plant Variety Protection. Although the regulation regarding the protection of plant varieties in Indonesia refers to UPOV, Indonesia has not ratified UPOV into national law in Indonesia until now. Rani Pajrin | Jamal Wiwoho | Moch Najib Imanullah | Pujiyono "Implications of the TRIPS Agreement on Plant Variety Protection Regulations in Indonesia" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50165.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/law-and-management/50165/implications-of-the-trips-agreement-on-plant-variety-protection-regulations-in-indonesia/rani-pajrin