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Law No. 318 on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (revised text in February, 2001), Nicaragua

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Year of Version 2001 Dates Published: November 29, 1999 Adopted: October 20, 1999 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Plant Variety Protection Subject Matter (secondary) Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, IP Regulatory Body, Trademarks, Trade Names Notes Artilcle 91 under Chapter XV of Law No. 318 of 1999 on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants states that it shall enter into force ninety days after its publication in the Official Gazette. This Law on the protection of new varieties of plants was revised, re-edited and approved in February 2001 by the Director of the Intellectual Property Registry (RPI) and the Head of the Department of Plant Varieties. No amendments have been incorporated into this version of the Law.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Ley N° 318 de Protección para las Obtenciones Vegetales (texto revisado en febrero de 2001) PDF English Law No. 318 on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (revised text in February, 2001) PDF
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Law No. 318 of 1999 on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants(NI047)
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Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Nicaragua (Law No. 902) (NI054)
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Regulations to the Law on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (Decree No. 37-2000) (NI015)

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