SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (November 4 – 17)
Adarsh had previously written two posts on the various misunderstandings surrounding the Plant Varieties Act (“PPV Act“). He had focussed on the Public Notice 01/2019 (“Notice“) published in May 2019, and had pointed out that the Notice was ultra vires. In his third post, he points out that the Notice states that only single cross hybrids could be registered. In his post, he explains how the PPV Act and UPOV allow for registration of registration of multi-parent hybrids too. Divij wrote a …