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Video interview with CPVO President, Martin Ekvad

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)....
05 November 2019
Official Announcement
Official Publications 5.2019

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 5.2019 have been published and are available for free in electronic format only (PDF).

You may download both gazettes from the Gazette page .

A search tool is available to identify these modifications on the web site of the Office: S2 Gazette
15 October 2019
Webinar - the name of a plant variety in the Community Plant Variety Right system (CPVR)

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 .
01 October 2019
Communication
Newsletter #17 published!

The Summer 2019 edition of the CPVO newsletter is now available on our site. Happy reading!
18 September 2019
Webinar - Legal proceedings at the CPVO

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.

Click here to watch the video

23 August 2019
Communication
Speech by CPVO President, Martin Ekvad, at the kick-off meeting of the INVITE project

Ladies and gentlemen, Dear project partners, Dear colleagues and friends,

Today is an important day and I am delighted to take the floor on behalf of the Community Plant Variety Office. Today is an important day because - on top of our mutual interest for plant breeding - we all have something new in common. Yes, we can say it officially now: we are all “invited”! Not only were we all “invited” to join this kick-off event in the city of Angers. We are also all “invited” because each one of us is directly involved in the INVITE project!

INVITE stands for Innovations in...
10 July 2019
Communication
CPVO Annual report 2018

The 2018 Annual report provides an overview of the Community Plant Variety Office activities in 2018. It outlines all major achievements of the past year as well as the key challenges ahead.

The Annual report is illustrated with infographics, statistics and charts covering all aspects of the Community Plant Variety Rights system. In 2018, the CPVO received 3 554 applications for Plant Variety Protection.
Check the Annual Report 2018 webpage Watch the video on CPVO YouTube Channel

08 July 2019
Variety descriptions of parental lines and hybrids are now publicly available on the CPVO website

In order for the CPVO to respect its commitment to openness and to better address public access requests, including in case where the subject matter is a parental line or a hybrid, variety descriptions (VDs) of parental lines and hybrids are now publicly available on the CPVO website. The CPVO has checked over 5,000 VDs and, in respect to Article 88.3 of the Basic Regulation, confidential information has been taken out of these VDs before publication.

Link: Public search in CPVO applications and titles in force

Background :

Until today, variety...
01 July 2019
Official Announcement
Official Publications 4.2019

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
17 June 2019
Official Announcement
Official Publications 3.2019

The official Gazette of the CPVO and the S2 Gazette 3.2019 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
17 June 2019
Communication
Introduction to Plant Variety Protection in Europe

In this webinar recorded for the EU IPR Helpdesk, Ms Orsola Lamberti, Legal Advisor at the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), gives an overview of the European Plant Variety Protection system managed by the CPVO.

Structure of the content: - What is plant breeding and how it influences our everyday life; - What is a Plant variety; - What are the value that the EU legislator took into consideration when designing the current protection system; - How Plant Variety Rights are protected in the EU: the CPVO; - How to apply for protection.

Click here to watch the video...
07 June 2019
Communication
Opinion of Advocate General on Case C-239/18

An opinion of Advocate General Bobek in Case C-239/18 was delivered on 23 May 2019. In the opinion AG Bobek analyses to what extent national official bodies must provide information on plant varieties upon request. A judgement from the court can be expected in six months.

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24 May 2019