WIPO UPOV Convention → Korea Plant Variety Protection Act
Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.
Evidence Scorecard
Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.
Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.827); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.
Aligned sentences
The Republic of Korea acceded to the 1991 Act on 7 December 2001, with entry into force on 7 January 2002, becoming UPOV's 50th member.
대한민국은 2001년 12월 7일 UPOV 1991년 협약에 가입하여 2002년 1월 7일 발효되면서 50번째 회원국이 되었다.
Could also be…show
- •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
- •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
- •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.
Timeline of the echo
12 year lagFrom date field: 2001/2002 UPOV 1991 Act accession → 1995/1997 Seed Industry Act transposition → 2012 promulgation / 2013 effective Plant Variety Protection Act · 2001/2002 UPOV 1991 Act accession → 1995/1997 Seed Industry Act transposition → 2012 promulgation / 2013 effective Plant Variety Protection Act
Interrogate the Evidence
Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.
Bprobable echo · 86%
- SemanticStrong semantic alignment
- TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
- LinkageOfficial Korean agency source + concept alignment (no explicit citation recorded)
Matched concepts: new varieties of plants ↔ 식물신품종; UPOV ↔ 품종; breeder's rights ↔ 보호
Cross-lingual similarity 60/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.
Similarity type: treaty ratification → statutory transposition (dedicated statute carve-out)
Matched Concepts
3 pairsAgenda Arc
CuratedGlobal purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.
Protect plant breeders’ rights under UPOV 1991 so seed and variety statutes reward innovation without blocking farmers’ lawful use.
대한민국은 2001년 12월 7일 UPOV 1991년 협약에 가입하여 2002년 1월 7일 발효되면서 50번째 회원국이 되었다. UPOV 의무 이행을 위한 품종보호 제도는 처음에 「종자산업법」(법률 제5024호, 1995.
국가법령정보센터 · 식물신품종 보호법 — 대한민국은 2001년 12월 7일 UPOV 1991년 협약에 가입하여 2002년 1월 7일 발효되면서 50번째 회원국이 되었다. UPOV 의무 이행을 위한 품종보호 제도는 처음에 「종자산업법」(법률 제5024호, 1995.
Observed framing link: treaty ratification → statutory transposition (dedicated statute carve-out). Not a claim of coordination.
UPOV Convention 1991 Act
Seed Industry Act transposition 1995/1997 → UPOV 1991 accession 2001/2002 → Plant Variety Protection Act path 2012.
- Soft lawGlobal1991–2002UPOV / WIPOUPOV 1991 Act + Korea accession
International plant variety protection standard.
Primary source - LegislationKorea1995–2012MAFRAKorea seed / plant variety statutes
Seed Industry Act then Plant Variety Protection Act path.
Primary source
The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants① (UPOV② Convention), administered by the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in Geneva, establishes an intellectual-property regime granting breeders of new plant varieties an exclusive "breeder's③ right." A protected variety must be new, distinct, uniform and stable (the DUS criteria). The Convention was adopted in 1961 and revised in 1972, 1978 and most comprehensively by the 1991 Act, which broadened the scope of the breeder's right to harvested material and essentially derived varieties. The Republic of Korea acceded to the 1991 Act on 7 December 2001, with entry into force on 7 January 2002, becoming UPOV's 50th member.
대한민국은 2001년 12월 7일 UPOV 1991년 협약에 가입하여 2002년 1월 7일 발효되면서 50번째 회원국이 되었다. UPOV 의무 이행을 위한 품종②보호③ 제도는 처음에 「종자산업법」(법률 제5024호, 1995. 12. 6. 공포, 1997. 12. 31. 시행)에 편입되었다가, 절차·실체 규정이 단일법에 혼재된 문제를 해소하기 위해 품종보호 관련 규정을 분리하여 「식물신품종① 보호법」(법률 제11457호, 2012. 6. 1. 공포, 2013. 6. 1. 시행)으로 별도 제정되었다. 동법 제1조는 "식물의 신품종에 대한 육성자의 권리 보호"를 목적으로 명시하며, 제16조부터 제20조까지 UPOV 1991년 협약의 핵심 요건인 신규성(제17조)·구별성(제18조)·균일성(제19조)·안정성(제20조)(DUS)을 규정하고, 제56조는 품종보호권자에게 보호품종을 업으로서 실시할 배타적 권리(품종보호권)를 부여한다. 주무 기관은 농림축산식품부장관(수산 관련 품종은 해양수산부장관)이며, 출원·심사·등록 업무는 국립종자원이 수행한다. 현행 법률은 법률 제21065호(2025. 10. 1.)까지 개정되었다.
Echo Strength
2001/2002 UPOV 1991 Act accession → 1995/1997 Seed Industry Act transposition → 2012 promulgation / 2013 effective Plant Variety Protection Act
treaty ratification → statutory transposition (dedicated statute carve-out)
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