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IP Key SEA: Webinars on Plant Variety Protection and UPOV 1991

On 10 and 11 June 2021, IP Key South-East Asia (SEA) is organising 'Webinars on Plant Variety Protection and UPOV 1991. This online event is a follow-up to the webinar series organised by the IP Key SEA in collaboration with the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and with the cooperation of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in November 2020.

This webinar series will focus on the contribution of plant variety protection to sustainable farming and global food security while reducing the impact on climate change. The webinars will

10 June 2021
CPVO signs new Administrative Arrangement with Chinese counterparts

The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), the Development Centre of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs of China (DCST, MARA), and the Science and Technology Development Centre, National Forestry and Grassland Administration of China (STDC, NFGA) signed a new Administrative Arrangement on 26 May 2021, after the previous Administrative Arrangement for the period 2018-2020 had expired.

The new Administrative Arrangement with a duration of five years is an opportunity to reinforce the collaboration in Plant Variety Protection (PVP) and to

27 May 2021
CPVO Headlines #5 April 2021

Dear readers, Welcome to the CPVO monthly newsletter and let me wish you a belated happy world intellectual property (IP) day. The celebrations took place on 26 April, and I wish to recall that Intellectual Property rights are essential to protect and increase the competitiveness of those who dare to innovate.

The IP Day 2021 focuses on SMEs and I wish to thank and congratulate all breeders, in particular SMEs, who create new plant varieties that are fit for today’s sustainable and global

29 April 2021
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Main conclusions, September 2020
General seminar

Luxembourg IP Day virtual conference

On 27 April 2021, Martin Ekvad, President of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), will present the EU Plant Variety Protection system at the virtual conference organised on the occasion of Luxembourg's national IPday on 27 April 2021.

You can see the whole agenda and register for free at:

27 April 2021
CPVO Headlines #4 March 2021

Dear readers,

Spring has come and flowers have started to bloom. Many of us will have a short break or celebrate Easter in a few days and there is hope that COVID vaccination will speed up across Europe. Earlier in March I met with the US Department of Agriculture. We agreed that the CPVO would publish information on the fact that DUS reports from the CPVO and its entrusted Examinations Offices from across the EU can be accepted for all asexually reproduced plant variety applications in the USA. This is a positive development for plant breeders and a good example of the

30 March 2021
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