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  • Webinar: Introducción al sistema europeo de protección de variedad vegetales

    Have you ever wondered how new plant varieties are developed and protected? The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) plays a pivotal role in this process, ensuring that plant breeders' innovations are safeguarded. This not only fosters innovation but also supports a sustainable future in agriculture.

    Montserrat García-Moncó Fuente, Head of the Legal & Governance Affairs unitat CPVO, recently shared insights on this topic during a recorded webinar in collaboration with Coapi, the Colegio Oficial des agents de la propietad industrial. The webinar, recorded in June 2024, delves

    06 July 2024
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    #VillageSemence debate at "Salon International de l’Agriculture" 2023

    Francesco Mattina, president of the CPVO, participated in a televised roundtable debate in the context of the programme: “Semence Mag“.

    The programme is organized by SEMAE, a French inter-professional association that brings together all the actors in the seed sector. SEMAE will create a  #VillageSemences television set, a true media platform for the agricultural world which will broadcast programmes from the "Salon International de l’Agriculture" 2023 throughout the entire duration of the expo. The "Salon International de l’Agriculture" is the most

    28 February 2023
  • OL 2022 Webinar

    Webinar : The impact of protected new plant varieties in the European Union market

    Innovation in the field of plant breeding and the creation of new plant varieties contribute to increasing the availability of nutritious and affordable food for a growing population. It can also be an excellent business opportunity for European and foreign undertakings, including small and medium enterprises.

    The EUIPO Observatory, in collaboration with the Community Plant variety Office carried out a study quantifying the economic contribution in the European Union of the Plant Variety Rights system. While this study is comparable to the other Observatory studies focusing on

    06 December 2022
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    Webinar: What’s in a name: plant variety denominations and their interface with trademarks and geographical indications

    Designing an appropriate intellectual property strategy is essential in the Agri-food sector. In the EU, innovators and custodians of tradition count on several tools at their disposal when naming their products, but: how to make the most out of them? 

    This webinar organized in collaboration with the European IP Helpdesk will begin with an overview about the nature of plant variety denominations and their interplay with trademarks and geographical indications. The speaker will present some examples of their coexistence in the plant-related marketplace and will also provide

    10 October 2022
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    Webinar: The interface between plant variety rights and patents

    What is the most suitable intellectual property protection for an herbicide-resistant pepper? Plant variety rights and patents may both appear as suitable mechanisms at first sight, but they have a different scope of protection and application.

    This webinar organized in cooperation with the European IP Helpdesk will focus on the notion and interface between these intellectual property rights, in accordance with the interpretation of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal. The speaker will explain the exception to patentability of essentially biological processes and plant varieties, as

    08 September 2022
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    Webinar: Introduction to Community plant variety rights: creation of new plants and their protection in the EU

    Innovation in the field of plant breeding and the creation of new plant varieties contribute to increasing the availability of nutritious and affordable food for a growing population, while allowing a more sustainable use of natural resources such as water or land surface. Plant variety protection incentivizes innovation and  is an essential tool to foster R&D for the benefit of society.

    The webinar organized in cooperation with the European IP Helpdesk will be focused on the European Union Plant Variety Protection system and its role in the context of the current policy

    21 June 2022
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    Webinar: Constraints and opportunities for edited varieties. Is the GMO legal framework impacting the creation of new plants?

    The perpetual changes of societal, economic and environmental conditions constantly urges plant breeding actors to provide growers and consumers with suitable solutions to an increasing number of challenges especially within the Agri-food Sector. Science offers support to the breeding sector through new genomic techniques (NGTs) and the European Union co-legislators endeavour to keep up with a technology in constant evolution in the intellectual property sector and beyond.

    This webinar organized in cooperation with the European IP Helpdesk provides an introduction and illustrate

    12 April 2022
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    Webinar: La Oficina Comunitaria de Variedades Vegetales, garantía de la protección de las obtenciones vegetales en Europa

    The Catalan Institute of Agricultural Studies (ICEA) organized a webinar on "The Community Plant Variety Office, a guarantee of plant variety protection in Europe". 

    CPVO's Legal Advisor, Montserrat García-Moncó Fuente did a presentation: 

    general introduction of the CPVO, its main goals and tasks, its importance for the EU agricultural production.

    Watch the

    24 March 2022
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    IP Key China Webinar: Plant Variety Protection awareness raising seminar

    The plant variety protection awareness raising seminar, jointly organised by IP Key China, the Community Plant Variety Office, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) of the People’s Republic of China, took place on 8 November 2021.

    Representatives of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) shared with the 130+ participants from the European Union and China the latest developments in Plant Variety Protection. After that, stakeholders of the plant and breeding

    08 November 2021
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    Webinar: Enforcement practices for Plant Variety Rights in the EU

    This webinar, organised by CIOPORA and Europan IP Helpdesk on 2 November 2021, will walk you through European enforcement regimes, a variety of legal actions like injunctions and conservatory or provisional measures, compensation of damages and connected claims, with the objective that the participants gain a good degree of practical knowledge concerning the remedies available to right holders and the way how enforcement actions are being dealt with by the courts in the EU.

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    02 November 2021
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    Webinar: Growers’ Guide to Intellectual Property Protection for Plants

    This webinar organised on 21 October 2021 is part of a training collaboration between CIOPORA, CIOPORA Lawyer Members and the European IP Helpdesk.

    For centuries, humans have relied on plant breeding for improving crops to achieve the needs and desires of humankind. Plant breeding can help growers achieve higher yields, even in smaller growing areas.

    Breeding also contributes to sustainable production by improving plant health and drought resistance. Yet, the development of plant novelties requires considerable investments by breeders. IP Protection provides breeders

    21 October 2021
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    Webinar: IPR in the Agri-food Sector (Part II): conflicts and synergies among GIs, Trademarks, Patents & PVDs

    The CPVO in partnership with the European IP helpdesk, organised a webinar focusing on Intellectual Property rights in the Agri-food sector on 28 September 2021. The webinar is presented by Ms Orsola Lamberti, Legal advisor at the CPVO, and provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of IP rights used in the Agri-food sector, such as Geographical Indications, Trademarks, Patents and Plant Variety Denominations.

    The European Union (EU) Agri-food sector is a strategic market segment with the world’s highest standards of food security, safety and quality are ensured while adapting

    28 September 2021
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