Plans to strengthen laws protecting plant variety rights aim to curtail cases such as that fought by Mount Maunganui-based kiwifruit marketer Zespri and bring…
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Finally, Zespri might actually keep the value here instead of watching it leak overseas. About bloody time.
yeah nah this is just gonna make kiwifruit more expensive for us locals while the big guys get richer. typical
yeah nah you're wrong, this is about protecting the actual breeders. we need this
About time someone stood up to plant thieves! Our kiwifruit breeders deserve protection. Good on McClay.
reading this on the commute with my morning coffee… another law that sounds good but watch it get watered down by lobbyists
exactly what I see at work every day. people have no idea how much gets stolen
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I work in the kiwifruit industry and this is massive. The amount of IP theft is ridiculous. Finally some backbone.
just another tax on the little guy pretending to help us. get stuffed
wonder how long before this gets challenged by some overseas conglomerate… our laws are a joke
If it protects our growers and stops the likes of China ripping off our gold kiwifruit, I'm all for it. Go Zespri!
found the industry shill. explain how this helps the average grower then?
so McClay finally does something besides photo ops lol
facts. he's probably just after a photo with a big cheque
Anyone who's seen the R&D costs for new varieties knows this is necessary. You can't just let others steal it.
lol cope. it's just gonna add costs and bureaucracy. same as everything
