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IPKey South East Asia Webinar: Awareness Raising on PVP and UPOV 1991

The IP Key South-East Asia project invites South East Asian stakeholders to the Awareness Raising Webinar on Plant Variety Protection and UPOV 1991, organised in collaboration with CPVO and UPOV.

This activity is a follow-up to prior activities organised by the project on plant variety protection aimed at promoting effective plant variety protection systems in SEA in order to support the UPOV 1991 Act accession of countries in the region. The webinar will offer an opportunity to highlight the benefits that PVP brings to socio-economic development and its contribution to

17 January 2022
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CPVO Headlines #9 December 2021

Dear readers,

At the time I am writing this foreword to the newsletter, I was informed that the Council of Ministers of the EU just confirmed my appointment as President of the CPVO. The decision was adopted on Monday 20 December after I was recommended by the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the European Union (COREPER) to fill the vacancy left by former CPVO’s President Martin Ekvad. This is a real honour for me and the beginning of a new adventure. Even though I will officially take up my duties in the coming weeks and there will be more communication in due

21 December 2021
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CPVO and LUISS School of Law sign cooperation agreement

Reinforcing the relationships between the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and leading universities from across Europe is important in order to explain and promote the values, benefits and challenges of plant variety protection to a greater number of law students and professionals in the field of intellectual property rights.

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Luiss Guido Carli University have concluded an agreement that will allow selected students from the Master in Food Law to enrich their academic record with a 1-year

14 December 2021
Press Release

European Parliament resolution on the EU Commission’s Intellectual Property Action Plan for Recovery and Resilience

On 11 November, the European Parliament (EP) adopted with a large majority (454 votes for, 94 against and 23 abstentions) a resolution in response to the Commission’s EU Intellectual Property Action plan.

In its resolution, the EP presents a series of recommendations for upcoming EU initiatives in the field of intellectual property rights and emphasises that the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights are of great importance for the European economy and for the recovery and resilience of the EU, especially in view of the Covid-19

09 December 2021
Communication

Presentation of the CPVO at the European Parliament's AGRI Committee

On Tuesday 30 November 2021, Members of the European Parliament from the Agriculture and Rural Development committee (AGRI) held an exchange of views with Mr Francesco Mattina, Acting President of the Community Plant Variety Office, and with representatives of the European Commission.

Mr Francesco Mattina presented the role and activities of the Community Plant Variety Office.

The CPVO presentation was followed by a presentation of the scientific opinion on "Towards a scientifically justified, differentiated regulation of genome edited plants in the EU" by: •

03 December 2021
Event

Presentation of the CPVO at the European Parliament’s committee for agriculture and rural development

On Tuesday 30 November 2021, Members of the European Parliament from the agriculture and rural development committee (AGRI) will hold an exchange of views with Mr Francesco Mattina, Acting President of the Community Plant Variety Office, and with representatives of the European Commission.

The exchange of views will be followed by a presentation of the scientific opinion on "Towards a scientifically justified, differentiated regulation of genome edited plants in the EU" by: • Prof. Dr. Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, DFG Senate

30 November 2021
Event

IP Protection for Plant Innovation 2021

The conference is the biennial venue for professionals from around the world to discuss the most important IP developments in the plant innovation sector. A panel of world-class international experts, key decision makers and leading players will focus on the most topical issues affecting today’s IP protection for plant innovations and answer your questions. The meeting will bring together representatives from all fields of practice and offers you the unique opportunity to meet practitioners.

CPVO's Acting President, Francesco Mattina, will speak at the

02 December 2021
CPVO Headlines #8 November 2021

Dear readers,

Let me start this newsletter by highlighting a very important and positive regulatory development for plant breeders. As of Monday next, the validity of CPVRs for varieties of the species Asparagus officinalis L. and of the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals will be extended by five years, according to the conditions established in Regulation 2021/1873. This change testifies the importance of a robust and efficient IP protection system. The extension of protection gives a better incentive to breeders who invest in the

12 November 2021