Webinars

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 the...

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...

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...

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 industry,...

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 with...