Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals, institutions, or organizations over the creations of their minds. These creations may include inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images used in commerce. IPR provide the creator or innovator with exclusive rights to use, produce, sell, distribute, or license their creation for a specified period of time. In the context of agribusiness management and policies, IPR play a crucial role in encouraging innovation, protecting investments, promoting fair competition, and facilitating technological advancement in agriculture and allied sectors. IPR are essential in agriculture because the sector increasingly depends on research-driven innovations such as improved seed varieties, agrochemicals, farm machinery, biotechnology products, food processing techniques, branding, and geographical identification of agricultural commodities. The protection offered by IPR incentivizes private and public sector investments in research and development (R&D), which are necessary for enhancing productivity, ensuring food security, improving quality standards, and increasing farmers’ income. One of the most important types of IPR in agriculture is patents. A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention that is new, involves an inventive step, and is capable of industrial application. In agriculture and agribusiness, patents are commonly granted for biotechnological innovations, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), novel agrochemicals, farm machinery, irrigation technologies, food processing techniques, and diagnostic tools. Patents allow inventors to prevent others from making, using, or selling the patented invention without permission for a limited period, generally twenty years. The significance of patents in agriculture lies in promoting technological innovation, especially in areas such as hybrid seeds, crop protection chemicals, and precision farming tools. However, patent protection must be balanced with farmers’ rights and public interest, particularly in developing countries where access to technology is critical for livelihood security. Another important form of IPR in agriculture is Plant Variety Protection (PVP), also known as Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR). This system grants exclusive rights to plant breeders who develop new plant varieties that are novel, distinct, uniform, and stable. Under this protection, breeders have the right to produce, sell, market, distribute, import, or export the protected variety. In India, the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001 provides for such protection while also recognizing farmers’ rights to save, use, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds (except branded seeds). The significance of PVP in agribusiness lies in encouraging private and public investment in plant breeding, leading to the development of high-yielding, disease-resistant, climate-resilient, and nutritionally enriched varieties. It also fosters competition in the seed industry and enhances the availability of quality seeds to farmers. Trademarks constitute another major category of IPR relevant to agribusiness. A trademark is a distinctive sign, symbol, word, logo, or combination thereof used to identify and distinguish the goods or services of one enterprise from those of others. In agriculture and food marketing, trademarks are extensively used