ST25 Rice won the World's Best Rice Award in 2019.
Since November 2019, ST25 rice has won the "World's Best Rice" award at World's Best Rice Contest for nearly 6 months, but Ho Quang Tri private enterprise has not registered for trading. ST25 rice seed sales. So does this mean that only the rice distributed by this business is ST25 rice? Who will sell ST25 seed rice? Who will sell ST25 rice? ...
Only copyright protection ...
ST25 rice belongs to the "ST" fragrant rice line created by agricultural engineer Ho Quang Cua (Ho Quang Tri private enterprise, 196 provincial road 934, Ha Do hamlet, Tai Van commune, Tran De district, Soc Trang province) and improvement over the last 20 years. Accordingly, from 2017, this business has traded ST25 rice to the market in the form of retail, no brand.
By November 2019, at the 11th World Rice Trade Conference in Manila (Philippines), Vietnam's ST25 rice excelled in many rice varieties of other countries and won the First Prize for the first time. However, from here, the domestic rice market has to face a lot of pressure, arising from a series of inadequacies related to ST25 such as: "fake rice ST25"; "ST25 imitation rice"; "ST25 protection"; "ST25 monopoly" ... The incident culminated on March 30, 2020, Ho Quang Tri private enterprise issued a document No. 02.2020 / HQT to the authorities about the ST24 and ST25 rice seed production. counterfeit in the market.
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On March 30, 2020, Ho Quang Tri private enterprise issued a document on the production of fake ST24 and ST25 rice seeds on the market.
“Currently, the company has transferred the production technology and non-exclusive right to use the two above-mentioned rice varieties to Ho Quang Trading and Service Private Enterprise, Tax Code: 2200694077. Address: No. 25, Đường Tỉnh 943, Thạnh Thanh Loi, My Xuyen town, My Xuyen district, Soc Trang province (two enterprises with one family) ”, the text of Ho Quang Tri private enterprise stated.
Temporarily disregarding ST24 rice because this variety has been widely planted, only ST25 has just been granted the Protection Decision No. 45 / QD-TT-VPBH by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). 03/06/2020.
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Oryza sativa L ... Many studies in the world show that the majority of currently grown rice belongs to the genus Oryza sativa L ..., collectively known as "Asian rice". This variety is classified into two sub groups, indica and japonica. Paddy belongs to the japonica sub-group with short and sticky grains (ie sticky rice), while the indica sub-group has long and non-sticky grains (ie sticky rice). A point agreed by researchers around the world is that the current cultivated rice is derived from the wild rice Oryza rufipogon, thousands of years ago. However, the origin and the process of domestication of this rice is still a subject of debate |
As of April 6, 2020, the Department of Crop Production issued a license No. 21.VN.2020 (name of the rice variety ST25; Belonging to Rice-Oryza sativa L; Plant breeder: Ho Quang Cua and co-author Tran Tuan Phuong, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong) for the owner is Ho Quang Tri Private Enterprise, with a term of protection of 20 years.
... No brand protection of rice varieties ST25?
According to PV's research, there are currently no laws in the world to protect the trademark of a plant variety because the tree is natural, does not belong to anyone. Specifically, the ST25 rice strain of the Rice-Oryza sativa L ..., means that the authors have successfully bred this rice variety on the basis of the Oryza sativa L Rice ... which the Oryza sativa L Rice ... obviously belongs to. nature.
Therefore, it is not possible to monopolize the trademark of ST25 rice variety (including Ho Quang Tri Private Enterprise). Thousands of small farmers have the right to propagate ST25 rice, have the right to grow ST25 rice varieties and have the right to sell ST25 rice.
Concerning the above content, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang province also admitted that currently only protecting ST25 rice, not protecting ST25 rice, so all organizations and individuals have the right to sell this type of rice.
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Plant variety protection certificate issued by the Department of Crop Production on April 6, 2020.
Not to mention, on June 18, talking to PV Economic & Urban Report, representative of Intellectual Property Department affirmed, Ho Quang Tri private enterprise has not registered for protection of ST25 trademark.
“Trademark rights are only established when based on a decision to grant a protection title, so even though the enterprise has used the ST25 trademark in the market, if it does not apply for trademark registration and the Department of Property intellectual property has not had a decision to grant, then that business has no rights to the ST25 brand, ”he explained.
Don't talk about ST25 fake rice, ST25 fake rice ... in the market. The first thing that needs to be clarified is the consumer view of ST25 rice today. In fact, in addition to Ho Quang Tri Private Enterprise and its affiliated units that are selling ST25 rice, many other individuals and units are also selling this type of rice publicly. So, is this business considered to infringe upon the rights of the author or the owner unit that has been granted a protection certificate?
Market transparency will help ensure fairness in business, create a clean knowledge-economic environment for all rice businesses, while protecting the legitimate rights and interests of thousands of farming households. Small farmers are planting ST25 rice.
It must be emphasized that the first-class ST25 rice becoming the "World's Best Rice" is only the beginning of a long-term strategy of enhancing the value and branding of Vietnamese rice. Therefore, the story of ST25 rice grain is now no longer solely for the research team, or for Soc Trang province, but for the whole Vietnamese rice industry.
Regarding the inadequacies between ST24 and ST25, ST24 and ST25 rice, etc. Tieudung.vn will continue to inform in the following articles.
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