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In this newly released video interview , CPVO President Martin Ekvad speaks about the major successes and challenges of the Community Plant Variety Office, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2020.

Among the subjects covered, Martin Ekvad highlights the benefits of the European Union system for Plant Variety Protection (CPVR), explains CPVO's international outreach activities, and describes its involvement in the Horizon2020 INVITE R&D project. Finally, the interview touches upon the issues of New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) and Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs)....

In this webinar, recorded at the EUIPO Academy in May 2018, Bénédicte Legrand, Denomination Expert at the CPVO, explains the process in which names are given to newly protected plant varieties in the European Union.

This webinar also outlines how this CPVR "naming" process fits with the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

Click here to watch the video . You can also find this webinar with subtitles in EN, FR, DE, IT, ES on the web portal of the EUIPO Academy .

This webinar recorded at the EUIPO Academy in February 2019 and featuring Anne Gardener, CPVO's Board of Appeal Registrar, covers legal proceedings before the CPVO.

The webinar provides information on the different legal proceedings a party can ask the CPVO or the Board of Appeal to open when in search of redress. Among others, it explains Board of Appeal proceedings, objections, nullities and cancellations.

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The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 4.2019 have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page .

A new version of the search tool, with a mobile-friendly layout, is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette