November 6, 2023

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Breeders welcome the adoption of the new Explanatory Notes on Essentially Derived Varieties by the UPOV Council 

September 22, 2022

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“We will not achieve food security without reaching consensus on Farmers’ Rights and Breeders’ Rights” - Speech by Arthur Santosh Attavar, ISF Vice President, at the Opening Ceremony of the ninth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 

May 24, 2021

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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture releases inventory on farmers' rights - Unique collection of best practices from around the world

April 26, 2021

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Three ways in which protecting intellectual property can inspire innovation

The importance of initellectual property in plant science

December 17, 2020

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New APBREBES publication - Focus on plant variety protection: A compilation of selected literature on the impact of the UPOV Convention, alternative sui generis PVP laws and the effect on farmers’ rights
Gros plan sur la protection des obtentions végétales :Une compilation de publications sélectionnées surles impacts de la convention UPOV, les lois alternativessui generis de protection des obtentionsvégétales et l’effet sur les droits des agriculteurs
La protección de las variedades vegetales en el punto de mira:Compilación de literatura seleccionada sobre las repercusiones del convenio de la UPOV, las leyes alternativas sui generis de protección de las variedades vegetales y el efecto en los derechos del agricultor

November 18, 2020

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Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES) report from the 2020 UPOV Session

October 16, 2020

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CIOPORA video release: Understand essentially derived variety concept in 90 seconds

December 19, 2019

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Farmers‘ Rights vs. Breeders‘ Rights during the negotiations at the 8th Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

November 25, 2019

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Fiddling in Rome? Reflections on the International Seed Treaty (Food Ethics Council)

March 21, 2019

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Biopiracy: The misuse of patenting systems at the disadvantage of local communities

December 20, 2018

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Open source for seeds and genetic sequence data: practical experience and future strategies
Semences et séquences génétiques en open source ? Expériences récentes et stratégies futures

October 22, 2018

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Stop stealing protected varieties

February 19, 2018

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DowDuPont leads Global CRISPR patent landscape; Broad Institute owns critical eukaryotic gene editing patents - North America & Asia emerge as growing markets for CRISPR Cas9 research & human trials

November 24, 2017

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Breeders group CIOPORA calls for new plant varieties to be patentable (Intellectual Property Watch)

November 21, 2017

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CIOPORA publishes Position on Patents for Plant-Related Inventions - Association’s breeders vote in favor of patents for plant innovations

May 4, 2017

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Opinion by International Licensing Platform Vegetable managing director Chris van Winden: Guaranteed access to biological material crucial for feeding the world (Fresh Fruit Portal)

March 28, 2017

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University of Leeds professor Graham Dutfield charts a path to reconciling IP rights, farmers' rights (Intellectual Property Watch)

December 21, 2016

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From US to India, producers are developing 'open source' seeds to combat patents (Scroll)

September 19, 2016

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The ‘International Licensing Platform-Vegetables’: A prototype of a patent clearing house in the life science industry (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice)

May 23, 2016

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New EuropaBio factsheet highlights the importance of intellectual property protection for innovation in agriculture

April 28, 2016

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WORLD IP DAY 2016, ensuring that innovators can keep innovating

April 26, 2016

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Plant breeders are creators

April 20, 2016

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Freeing crop genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative (PLOS)

February 17, 2016

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World Intellectual Property Organization members debate disclosure of origin for genetic resources in patents (Intellectual Property Watch)

January 6, 2016

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Does the current plant patent system restrict innovation and hurt small breeders? (Genetic Literacy Project)

December 22, 2015

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IP Ag Innovation Series: Top six reasons we need intellectual property

December 3, 2015

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Current Legal Issues in Intellectual Property Rights and Protection for Crop Plants (Crop Science)

November 30, 2015

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IP Ag innovation Series: The Four Organizations Defining and Defending Intellectual Property

October 29, 2015

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Patents fail to boost crop yields (SciDev.Net)