UPOVsopimuksen
The UPOV Convention, formally the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, is an international treaty administered by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). It establishes a system for the protection of plant varieties, granting breeders exclusive rights over their new creations. The primary objective of the UPOV Convention is to encourage the development of new plant varieties for the benefit of society by providing plant breeders with intellectual property rights.
The Convention outlines the criteria for granting protection, which typically include novelty, distinctness, uniformity, and stability
There have been several revisions of the UPOV Convention, with the most recent being the 1991 Act.