Settlement in regards to Intellectual property rights and exploitation of Geranium variety Rozanne® ('Gerwat')
The Netherlands
March 9, 2010
Blooms of Bressingham® NA of Sacramento (California, USA), the world-wide exclusive licensor for the Geranium variety Rozanne® ('Gerwat') has concluded settlement agreements with Marco van Noort Vaste Planten v.o.f., The Netherlands, (plant finder and owner of 'Jolly Bee') and Witteman & Co. Multiflora B.V. of Hillegom, The Netherlands, (plant breeder agent for Van Noort) regarding their dispute with the Geranium 'Jolly Bee' offered by these companies in Europe and North America.
Royalty Administration International C.V. (RAI) is the worldwide exclusive licensing agent for Blooms of Bressingham® and is taking care of all the Plant Patent and Plant Breeders right applications, the licensing, the royalty-collection and the controlling of the Blooms assortment, which contains nowadays over 200 varieties.
The close and intensive cooperation between Blooms and RAI in combination with the variety identification techniques finally resulted into the settlement with the parties Van Noort Vaste Planten v.o.f. and Witteman & Co. Multiflora B.V. with the final goal to get 'Jolly Bee' off the market.
The press release confirms the settlement between the parties and explains the details of the settlements:
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