“Terminator Technology”——A Technological Fix for an IP Problem?

1 Seed Saving 1.1 Under UPOV The evolution of the legal regime under which the de- velopment of plant varieties has secured protection as a cat- egory of intellectual property protection has been discussed elsewhere.1 The key feature of this evolution was a manifest tension between the desire of seed producers to protect their innovations and public concerns about the strategic impli-

1 Seed Saving 1.1 Under UPOVThe evolution of the legal regime under which the development of plant varieties has secured protection as a category of intellectual property protection has been discussed elsewhere. 1 The key feature of this evolution was a manifest tension between the desire of seed producers to protect their innovations and public concerns about the strategic implications of the privatisation of agriculture. The compromise reached in the US ＂Plant Patent Act＂ （Townsend-Parnell Act of 1930）2,