Webinars

On 8 June 2021, the CPVO organised in partnership with the European IP Helpdesk a webinar with a focus on new plant breeding techniques and the challenges of their IP protection.

The webinar offers insights to understand what new breeding techniques are and to give some examples of their possible applications as well as the benefits that they can bring to agriculture, human health and the environment.

In this webinar, you will learn about the latest genome editing techniques and their potentialities for plant breeding; the Biosafety Directive and what the European

The European Agri-food sector is a strategic sector that ensures the world’s highest standard of food security, safety and quality, while adapting to the changing needs of European citizens and the current global challenges.

In the European Union, in 2020, the Agri-food industry was the main branch of manufacturing, with 289 000 companies employing 4 240 000 people and with a turnover of approximately EUR 1 100 000 million, representing 14% of consumption. Nearly half of this turnover and more than 62% of jobs were generated in SMEs, which mostly have fewer than 50

Dans cet entretien radio diffusé le 15 décembre 2020 sur Radio G! 101.5fm à Angers, Lionel Sola, responsable communication, et Laetitia Denécheau, experte en espèces ornementales, expliquent le rôle et les activités de l'Office Communautaire des Variétés Végétales (CPVO - OCVV) qui célébrait son 25ème anniversaire en 2020.

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L'émission "l'Europe dans le micro" est diffusée deux fois par mois et enregistrée en partenariat avec La Maison de l'Europe 49 Angers Maine-et-Loire. Le podcast de l'émission est disponible sur

Wébinaire: Tout savoir sur l’examen technique visant à protéger une variété au niveau européen: de la réception du dossier par l’Office Communautaire des Variétés Végétales (OCVV) à la délivrance d’un titre de protection.

Ce wébinaire en langue française, présenté par Sergio Semon, responsable du service qualité & audit (QAS) des centres d'examens, explique les modalités d'examens techniques préalables à l'obtention d'un titre de protection variétale couvrant l'entièreté du territoire de l'Union européenne.

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In cooperation with the EU IP Helpdesk, the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) organised this webinar explaining the process and requirements for technical examinations (DUS tests) of plant varieties applying for Community Plant Variety Rights.

This webinar (Part II) is presented by Mr Jens Wegner, CPVO's technical expert for ornamental and fruit species, who explains how the CPVO carries out technical examinations with a particular focus on vegetatively propagated species.

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In this webinar, recorded at the EUIPO Academy in May 2018, Ms 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).

You can play this webinar on YouTube or with subtitles in EN, FR, DE, IT, ES on the dedicated page of the EUIPO