Edited by GRAIN

February, 1998

History: The Laws commencing 1925 were last amended in 1945. Membership: WIPO, Paris PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION Paraguay was admitted to the UPOV Convention under the terms of the 1978 Act in January 1997. The law came into effect the following month.

SOURCE Alan Jacobs (ed.), Patents Throughout the World, Clark, Boardman & Callaghan, New York , Release #51, November 1995.