As members of the World Trade Organization, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand had to give effect to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) by enacting laws to protect plant breeders rights. They had a choice between the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) model law or device their own sui generis model within the parameters of TRIPS. The five countries are also parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and...