Recognition of current situation
The need to revise the intellectual property strategy
The food industry including agriculture, forestry and fisheries and related industries (hereinafter referred to as “food industry”), through the production activities for a long time, has created a...
INTRODUCTION
The provision of clean and safe water is one of the most basic public services offered by local governments. One of the major concerns of local governments during Japan's era of high economic growth in the 1970s is related to how they would satisfy the increasing water demand from...
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Taiwan, with more than hundred years of R&D efforts in agricultural science and technology, has relative higher citation index than other domains. There are 16 governmental research institutes affiliated to the Council of Agriculture (COA) that are ensuring continuous R&D...
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Technology valuation offers basic data for technology transfer negotiations. To expedite technology transfers, outstanding technologies need to be invented, and transfer costs should be reasonable. One of the most important factors in commercializing a technology is the smooth procurement...
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In Japan, a lot of agricultural producers are eager to develop new varieties of food and foliage plants. Several tools are available in Japan for protecting intellectual property rights related to plants, including plant variety registration (PVR), patents and trademarks. Among them, PVR...
