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European Commission event: EU Industry days 2022

EU Industry Days is Europe’s flagship annual event, highlighting industrial frontrunners and ongoing industrial policy discussions whilst improving the knowledge base of European industry.

It is the main platform to discuss industry challenges and co-develop opportunities and policy responses in an inclusive dialogue with a wide range of stakeholders.

The 2022 edition will take place in hybrid format in Brussels, and it will stimulate discussions across industrial ecosystems on their green and digital transition, in support of strengthening the resilience of EU

08 February 2022
Event

INPI: International conference on intellectual property

In light of France’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French Patent and Trademark Office (INPI) is organizing a conference on 3 February 2022 on the industrial property challenges associated with the economic recovery.

During this presidency, the French government aims to contribute to a more united, more sovereign Europe. It also aims to ensure that Europe “exploits the full potential of the economic recovery and of the ecological and digital transition”.

The conference will be structured around four themes.
The unitary patent and

03 February 2022
Webinar

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
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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