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News releases on
seed-related Intellectual Property Protection
November 09
Rechte an genetischen Eigenschaften von Pflanzen und Tieren
besser regeln
USDA/PVPO grants protection to twenty-two new plant
varieties
October 09
Changing winds for gene patenting in the US? Stakeholders
react to draft report
Oman accedes to the UPOV Convention
Panel calls for an ethical framework ior intellectual
property and climate change
A full agenda for the next three years: Christoph Amberger,
new president of the European Seed Association
Volles Programm für die nächsten drei Jahre: Christoph
Amberger ist neuer Präsident der European Seed Association
Saatgutschwarzhandel hat fatale Folgen für Züchter und
Landwirte
"Third Revision of Patent Law in China" - An article from
Intellectual Property Watch
September 09
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 24 new plant varieties
International Conference on the issue of seed laws and their
impact on landraces, population and conservation varieties
Biotech needs the right policies to stay on track in new EU
Member States
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 13 new plant varieties
Intellectual property is driving agricultural innovation,
says CropLife
Brevetage des gènes: la résistance se renforce aux
Etats-Unis et en Europe
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 19 new plant varieties
Intellectual property, technology and the next green
revolution for Africa
American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) leads the way to
improved agricultural intellectual property protection
internationally
Chile: War over seeds
Third revision of patent law in China
WTO ruling on Brazil cotton opens door to cross-retaliation
against intellectual property rights
In Chile, environmental organisations, organic farmers and
indigenous people oppose a draft law that would expands the
rights of the developers of new varieties of plants
Uso de sementes piratas também afeta horticultura
Settlement in appeal proceedings in China: Bayer CropScience
defends mefenpyr safener patent
Einigung im Berufungsverfahren in China: Bayer
CropScience verteidigt Patent für den Safener Mefenpyr
August 09
Keygene N.V. and
Wageningen University
and Research Centre sign
a licensing agreement
and strengthen their
collaboration
Kansas Crop Improvement Association reminds farmers and
custom planters of seed Regulations
Chile: Minagri anuncia creación de primer centro de
Propiedad Intelectual para la agricultura
New
dialogue makes significant progress in addressing
independent seed research research on commercial,
patent-protected seed products in the USA
“Strengthening Private and Public Research Relationships in
Horticulture”
July 09
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 15 new plant varieties
SemBioSys
awarded key U.S. patent for the production of insulin in
plants
Illegal
seed sales taken seriously
Peru's patent win strikes blow
against biopiracy
Perú logra
asestar golpe a biopiratería
South
Dakota State University enforces PVP rights on its spring
wheat varieties Traverse and Briggs
Brasil:
Ministério
da Ciência e Tecnologia participa de reunião do Comitê
Nacional de Biotecnologia
June 09
Seed Patent History (Monsanto blog)
What do Monsanto and Food, Inc. have in common? Intellectual
property (Monsanto blog)
First result
of benefit-sharing mechanism for FAO treaty; push for farmers’
rights
Genetic fingerprinting
makes rice breeding
easier
La mejora vegetal y la
protección de las
variedades transgénicas
Deutsche
Bundesministerin Aigner
fordert Änderung des
europäischen
Biopatentrechts
BASF sue
DuPont files lawsuit
against BASF to protect
intellectual property,
claims BASF is
infringing patents
relating to herbicide
tolerance technology
May 09
Royalties: a taxing problem for
plant breeders
North Dakota's
state seed commissioner cautions farmers to avoid potential
violations of state and federal seed laws in the purchase and
planting of protected seed varieties
Accession of
the Slovak Republic to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
Beitritt der Slowakischen Republik zur Akte von 1991 des
UPOV-Übereinkommens
Adhesión de la República Eslovaca al Acta de 1991 del Convenio
de la UPOV
Adhésion de la République slovaque à la Convention UPOV
Monsanto and
Drexel Chemical reach commercial agreement on intellectual
property
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 26 new plant varieties
Improved and expanded ipHandbook of Best Practices
website
Illumina files patent infringement suit against
Affymetrix
Monsanto challenges unauthorized use of Roundup Ready
technology by DuPont
April 09
Court victory for Bayer
CropScience: counterfeiters of crop protection products convicted on
grounds of health risk
Bayer CropScience vor
Gericht erfolgreich: Fälscher von Pflanzenschutzmitteln wegen
Gesundheitsgefährdung verurteilt
Schutz des Geistigen
Eigentums - Züchtung für eine wettbewerbsfähige Landwirtschaft
INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No.
82: La
innovación y la propiedad intelectual
Enforcement now the prevailing intellectual property
trade policy priority for the European Union and the US
Bayer
CropScience achieves partial success in enforcing its
patent rights in a Chinese court of law
Bayer CropScience erzielt vor einem chinesischen
Gericht einen Teilerfolg in einem Patentstreit
March 09
The 'phantom menace' of
a patent on… your genes
DEFRA publishes
March 2009 edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
Counterfeit BT cotton
seed sale in Pakistan
AgBiotech, Inc. to host
USDA/PVPO Plant Variety
Protection Training
Session
Patent applications slow at the European Patent Office
as rejections rise
Agricultural technology could feed rising population,
but who will own the crops?
Thailand's National Biotechnology Policy Framework aims
to boost the number of biotech patents
DEFRA
publishes special edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds
Gazette
DEFRA
protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU
procedures for Sugar Beet for 2009 harvest have been
published
Second edition of the Masters Degree in Intellectual
Property to start on May 4, 2009 at the Africa
University in Mutare, Zimbabwe
CSIRO
and Agrifood Awareness Australia host workshops on the
science and regulation of gene technology
February 09
Plant breeders’ rights
for new feedstocks
Judgement of the
European Court of
Justice:
The right of public
access to information
applies to releases of
genetically modified
organisms
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 58 new plant varieties
January 09
Deutsche
Saatgutbranche wehrt sich erfolgreich gegen den Schwarzhandel
AgBioForum Bulletin Volume 11 Number 2
-
Pricing and Welfare Impacts of New Crop Traits: The Role of IPRs
and Coase's Conjecture Revisited
Is it time
to rethink intellectual property laws?
¿Hora de reconsiderar leyes de
propiedad intelectual?
Patents
versus patenting: implications of intellectual property
protection for biological research
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Worldwide Academy offers distance learning course on
biotechnology and intellectual property
Curso
especializado sobre propiedad intelectual y biotecnología
On-line registration opens for UPOV distance learning
course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety
Protection under the UPOV Convention"
China gets in line on patent standards
BASF Plant Science takes intellectual property licenses
on disease resistance genes from KeyGene
Olga Sánchez presenta el libro "La protección de las
obtenciones vegetales. El privilegio del agricultor"
December 08
INIA Chile - Tierra adentro No.
81:
-
ADN-Fingerprint (Huella digital de ADN): Nueva
herramienta de apoyo al comercio legal de semilla de
papa
UPOV schedules two 2009 sessions of its distance
learning course: Introduction to the UPOV System of
Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention
Issue No. 102 of the UPOV Gazette and Newsletter has
been posted on the UPOV website
American Seed Trade Association launches Beyond the Seed
Program to communicate a shared message on the benefits
of intellectual property rights to customers and policy
makers
Quebec farmers admit to patent violation for growing
Monsanto's Roundup Ready technology without a license
Delay to
intellectual property plan for Africa
2nd World Seed Conference to be held on September 8-10,
2009 in Rome, Italy
November 08
Hazera
Genetics acts against unauthorized seed sales
Vegetable seed companies join
forces to stop illegal reproduction of seeds, establish
Anti-Infringement Bureau for Intellectual Property Rights on
Plant Material
Biotechnologies and intellectual
property : some aspects of a the relationship between the two of
them
Kansas Wheat Alliance enforces PVP laws
Bayer CropScience successful in preventing
counterfeiting in China
Bayer CropScience erfolgreich im Kampf gegen
chinesische Produktfälschung
October 08
Sustaining
Australian agriculture by protecting plant innovation
New
Secretary-General outlines future priorities for UPOV
Georgia accedes to
the UPOV Convention
Georgia se adhiere al Convenio de la UPOV
La Géorgie adhère à la convention UPOV
Georgien tritt dem UPOV-Übereinkommen bei
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 40 new plant varieties
Copyrights for seeds is only way to achieve cotton
target in Pakistan
"Publish or Patent? Knowledge Dissemination in
Agricultural Biotechnology" - An IFPRI discussion paper
September 08
Pioneer
Hi-Bred takes legal action in Canada to protect Pioneer brand
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 26 new plant varieties
Plant variety protection in Morocco
US Patent and Trademark Office approves utility patents
for Jacklin Seed’s creeping bentgrasses Alpha and T-1
American Soybean Association outlines priorities for
bioenergy program for biodiesel
Monsanto and Pilot Grove Coop reach settlement of a
two-year dispute involving patent infringement
August 08
U.S.
Department of Agriculture announces open teleconference
meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 16 new plant varieties
Access Plant Technology obtains US patent for “New Locus
in Soybean for Resistance to Phytophthora sojae”
International seed treaty’s goals of biodiversity and
food security are tough to implement
Traité international sur les ressources
phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture:
des objectifs difficiles à mettre en œuvre
New book:
Seed
Wars: Controversies and Cases on Plant Genetic Resources
and Intellectual Property
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 21 new plant varieties
Switzerland ratifies 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
July 08
Canada:
Plant
Breeders Rights and the Seeds Act relating to the sale
of seed - FAQs
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 25 new plant varieties
Plant
Variety Protection wheat seed case settled for $25,000
Bayer
CropScience launches new patented fingerprint
authentification technique: Qualidate to combat illegal
trade and counterfeiting
Bayer CropScience führt neue patentierte Technik zur
Echtheitsprüfung ein: Mit Qualidate illegalen Handel und
Fälschungen bekämpfen
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 74 new plant varieties
June 08
New
intellectual property plan to boost Chinese patents
Kolloquium zu Biopatenten eröffnet
La
Propiedad Intelectual y el camino hacia el desarrollo
Prior
art: the skeleton in a patent’s closet
Distance learning course offered on biotechnology and
intellectual property
First
Egyptian approval of genetically modified corn raises
questions
May 08
DNA
fingerprinting identifies bean in patent dispute
Protecting and commercializing biotechnology
April 08
Comments on proposals for EU Patent Litigation
Jurisdiction
US
Patent Office rejects US company’s patent protection for
bean commonly grown by Latin American farmers
United States Patent and
Trademark Office and
European Patent Office
to pilot patent
prosecution highway -
Trial program to improve
quality and pendency at
both offices
United States Patent and
Trademark Office introduces new intellectual property curriculum
Tag
des geistigen Eigentums - Züchter wollen Produktivität
der Pflanzen für die Ernährungssicherung weiter steigern
CropLife Asia celebrates innovation on World
Intellectual Property Day
Intellectual property fosters research and development
in agriculture
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open teleconferencing meeting of the Plant
Variety Protection Board
Bayer CropScience to enforce its
Mefenpyr patent
Bayer CropScience
will Mefenpyr-Patent durchsetzen
Evaluation of the
European legislation governing the marketing of seeds and plant
propagating material within the European Union
March 08
USDA/AMS - Items of
Interest in Seed - April 2008
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 13 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 10 new plant varieties
Brazil wrestles with
decision on GM corn, seed patenting
France:
Catalogue et semences
de ferme : le GNIS répond à la Confédération paysanne
Government of Sri
Lanka notifies Plant Protection Regulations to WTO
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
February 08
Revision of Plant
Variety Protection Regulations in China
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 55 new plant varieties
ISB News Report
- Supreme Court consigns the Monsanto–McFarling litigation to
rest in peace
BIO-EARN
publishes policy brief on intellectual property management in
Eastern African institutions
January 08
Worldwide
access to Community plant variety rights
Valent USA and
Sumitomo Chemical file complaints at the International Trade
Commission and in U.S. courts against Syngenta AG and
subsidiaries in a dispute over insecticide patents
Florida Genetics
granted US patent on new genetic engineering technique for
controlling gene expression in plants
Bundesregierung
verhindert die Nutzung von Innovationen - Pflanzenzüchter sehen
Standortnachteile für die deutsche Landwirtschaft
December 07
December 07
newsletter of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)
- SADC Permanent Secretaries finalize MoU on SADC harmonized
seed regulatory system
Ukraine adopts law
on biosafety in creating, testing, transporting and using GM
organisms
Украина приняла закон «О государственной системе
биобезопасности при создании, испытании, транспортировке и
использовании генетически модифицированных организмов»
Ontario, Canada
grower ordered to pay Monsanto C$160 per acre for violating
patent rights on Roundup Ready soybeans
ISB News Report
- Patent battles on and off the court
November 07
Cal/West Seeds
obtains patent protection for StandFast alfalfa
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
Ganho ilusório:
soja pirata pode resultar em prejuízo ao produtor
Roadmap
Biokraftstoffe vor der Sackgasse? Fehlender Sortenschutz
gefährdet Produktivitätsfortschritt in der Landwirtschaft
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
Research helps put
farmers' rights on the agenda
Deutschland:
Entbürokratisierung der Nachbauregelung
University of
Queensland researchers examine new trend of patenting plant
innovations and determining its value to the Australian
horticulture industry
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency: National Workshop on Seed Program
Modernization
l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments: Atelier
national sur la modernisation du Programme des semences
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 32 new plant varieties
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open meeting of the Plant Variety
Protection Board
USDA/ARS intends
to grant to Peterson Seed Associates an exclusive license to the
variety of birdsfoot trefoil described in Plant Variety
Protection Certificate Number 200700300, "Witt"
MIHR and PIPRA
publish online version of the IP Handbook of Best Practices
in Health and Agricultural Innovation
October 07
USDA/AMS Items of
Interest in Seed - October 2007
CIOPORA
and its members increase
efforts against piracy of plant variety rights
China updates plant
variety testing procedures
GNIS Info:
Les semences de
ferme en France et la loi
France:
Lutte contre la
contrefaçon des semences fermières
National
Workshop on Seed Program Modernization hosted by the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Atelier national sur la modernisation du Programme des semences
organisé par l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments
(ACIA)
Turkey accedes to
the UPOV Convention
La Turquie adhère à la Convention UPOV
Die Türkei tritt dem UPOV-Übereinkommen bei
Turquía se adhiere al Convenio de la UPOV
Bio Suisse
aktualisiert Sortenlisten für Gemüse und Zierpflanzen
Embrapa move ações
judiciais contra pirataria de sementes
Syngenta rights
to GA21 in corn reaffirmed by US federal appeals court
Washington
State University seeking patent on disease-resistant wheat
to increase yields
September 07
UK Seed
Certification Information letters 2007: SC 6/07 – UK triticale
seed derogation
Bayer CropScience
protects cotton defoliant patents
Seed Potato
Program - Certification of Garden Potato Varieties in Canada
Programme des pommes de terre de semence - Certification des
variétés de pommes de terre potagères au Canada
Seed Potato
Program - Certification of Garden Potato Varieties in Canada"
has been revised
Programme des pommes de terre de semence - Certification des
variétés de pommes de terre potagères au Canada" a été révisée
European
enforcement authorities meet to co-ordinate fight against
counterfeit pesticides
USDA Plant
Variety Protection Office grants protection to 42 new plant
varieties
Performance
Plants marks opening of Kingston, Ontario facility by announcing
new patents for its breakthrough crop drought protection
technology
Switzerland:
Nationalrat hat
stillschweigend die Ausdehnung des Landwirteprivilegs fallen
lassen
Le Conseil National a renoncé à étendre le privilège des
agriculteurs
Gut zu wissen:
Aufbereiter muss sich nach aufzubereitender Sorte erkundigen
Nachbau von
Hybridroggen in Deutschland gesetzlich verboten
Definition of
basmati rice to be expanded
August 07
Codes et Systèmes
agricoles de l’OCDE
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 19 news plant varieties
Novellierung des
deutschen Gentechnikgesetzes - Rechtlicher Rahmen muss
Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gewährleisten
- Große
Koalition verhindert Innovation am Standort Deutschland
July 07
Mark Seed Company
granted U.S. patent for process controlling cyst nematode
population in soybeans
Four Monsanto
patents related to genetically modified crops rejected by the
U.S. Patent Office
UPOV offers distance
learning course "Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant
Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention"
Seed cleaners can be
ensnared by legal issues
Chile:
Fundación para la
Innovación Agraria facilita acceso a patentes agrícolas
The Netherlands:
Kamervragen over
genetisch gemanipuleerde tomaten
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
SADC FANR ministers
approve SADC harmonised seed regulatory system June 07
Community
Plant Variety Office of the European Union has granted the
20.000th Community plant variety right
Australia:
Important changes to
gene technology legislation take effect on 1 July 2007
Iowa State University
Seed Science Center scientists facilitate agreements between the
14 member countries of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) to improve seed policies and regulations and to
reduce seed trade barriers in the region
Ontario grower ordered
to pay Monsanto C$107,000 for violating patent rights on Roundup
Ready soybeans
greenovation Biotech
GmbH gets first US patent granted on glyco-engineering portfolio
Ratification by Spain
of the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Ratificación de España del Acta de 1991 del Convenio
Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales
Cellectis S.A.
wins a patent battle in the field of targeted recombination
and gene correction - The European Patent Office confirms
revocation of Sangamo's patent
European crop
protection industry welcomes support of Russian government
at launch of anti-counterfeit campaign
May 07
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
USDA/FAS GAIN Report:
Options for protecting
plant varieties in the Peoples Republic of China
European Patent Office
revokes Monsanto's soybean patent EP 301749 B1 in appeal
proceedings
April 07
Nueva ley de
semillas en México
MIHR and PIPRA to
launch handbook of best practices for intellectual property
management in health and agricultural innovation
Unveiling rice's DNA
under Intellectual Property Rights regime
Philom Bios announces
Court of Appeal decision
European Union:
Common catalogue of
varieties of vegetable species (consolidated version of 11 April
2007)
Performance Plants
Inc. issued U.S. patent for drought-tolerance gene technology
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 28 new plant varieties
March 07
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
North Dakota State
Seed Department reminds producers that brown-bag seed sales are
illegal
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open meeting of the Plant Variety
Protection Board
Court confirms DuPont
ownership of soybean marker technology: judgment upholds patent
for development of soybean cyst nematode resistance
February 07
European Crop Protection Association welcomes innovative
marker technology in the fight against illegal and
counterfeit plant protection products
Keine Patente
auf Pflanzen und Tiere - Deutscher Bauernverband fordert
Stärkung des Zuchtfortschrittes
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 19 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 20 new plant varieties
January 07
Philippine
Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) institutionalizes
patenting functions
Viet Nam joins
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of
Plants (UPOV)
U.S. patent gives
Chromatin Inc. exclusive mini-chromosome rights in plants -
Issued patent covers methods for using mini-chromosomes to
produce transgenic plants
Nichtwissen schützt
nicht vor Strafe - Aktive Informationspflicht für Aufbereiter
zur Wahrung von Sortenschutzrechten
Community Plant
Variety Office will be present at the IPM (International
Trade Fair for Plants)
L’Office Communautaire des Variétés Végétales participera
au Salon IPM (Foire Internationale des Plantes)
Saskatchewan Canola
Development Commission wants producers to benefit from expiry of
patents
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
India issues
new regulations to protect plant varieties and farmers'
rights
American Seed
Trade Association creates first comprehensive Guide to State
Seed Regulations
American Seed
Trade Association expands legislative and regulatory staff
December 06
Accession of Ukraine to the 1991
Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants
Adhesión
de Ucrania al Acta de 1991 del
Convenio Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones
Vegetales
Adhésion de l'Ukraine à l'Acte de 1991 de
la Convention internationale pour la protection des obtentions
végétales
Beitritt der Ukraine zur Akte von 1991
des Internationalen Übereinkommens zum Schutz von
Pflanzenzüchtungen
U.S. Agriculture
Secretary announces Plant Variety Protection Board appointments
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 11 new plant varieties
November
06
Vietnam accedes to
the UPOV Convention
PhilRice cited as
potential APEC & ASEAN training center for genetic resources,
agri biotech, and intellectual property rights
Variety
accreditation and biosafety guidelines in The Philippines
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 30 new plant varieties
Malaysia's
Protection of New Plant Varieties Act 2004 to be enforced in
2007
Iowa State
University establishes Center for Agricultural Law and
Taxation
Technology
acquisition: The Philippines experience
SemBioSys
announces successful outcome of personal care product appeal
proceedings at the European Patent Office - Canadian
biotechnology company's intellectual property position
strengthened by decision
October 06
AgResearch and
Pennington Seed announce US settlement of tall fescue endophyte
patent lawsuit
Speech by the Dutch
Minister of Agriculture during the opening of the Breeders'
Rights Conference in Vietnam
U.K. Department of
Agriculture publishes October issue of The Plant Varieties and
Seeds Gazette
Plants varieties
protected by new intellectual property rights decree in Vietnam
Change in
International Rice Research Institute's copyright policy to
facilitate the free exchange of vital information
European
Community Plant Variety Office to present community plant
breeders' rights at Horti Fair 2006
Agricultural
Biotechnology: Legal Liability Regimes from Comparative and
International Perspectives
Important information from the Illinois Crop Improvement
Association
on introducing new varieties
Embrapa vai usar
satélite para identificar produção de sementes piratas
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Proposal to facilitate the
modernization of the seed regulatory framework
Proposition visant à faciliter la modernisation du cadre de
réglementation des semences
September
06
Indian Council
of Agricultural Research guidelines for intellectual
property management and technology transfer and
commercialization
Ministério da
Agricultura vai aplicar R$ 1,5 M na fiscalização de sementes
piratas
Morocco
accedes to the UPOV Convention
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 23 new plant varieties
August 06
The European common
catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species
(consolidated version of 19 July 2006)
Bart Kiewiet
appointed President of the Community Plant Variety Office
for third five-year term
July 06
USDA grants protection
to 21 new plant varieties
The International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - A
real treaty
USDA patents microbes to fight
wheat fungus
USDA recibió
patentes por microbios que combaten un hongo de trigo
Electronic newsletter of The
African Seed Trade Association
-
Challenges for Plant Variety Protection (PVP) in Africa
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
June 06
Internationaler
Saatgutvertrag der FAO jetzt anwendbar
Intellectual property
rights on plant varieties in Vietnam
European Court of
Justice: Judgment Joined Cases C-7/05, C-8/05, C-9/05
Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung
Gerichtshof der Europäischen
Gemeinschaften: Urteil Verbundene Rechtssachen C-7/05,
C-8/05, C-9/05 Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltung
- Europäischer
Gerichtshof gegen 80 Prozent pauschale Nachbaugebühr
Strong backing
for treaty on plant genetic resources for agriculture
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture
International patent
behavior of nine major agricultural biotechnology firms
Genetic
resources in agriculture: the key to food security -
First
meeting of the governing body of the international Treaty on
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Madrid
-
Seed treaty: new hope
for food security
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-six new plant varieties
Australian Plant
Breeder's Rights: A Guide for Grain Growers
May 06
Transfer agreement for genetic resources receives tentative support at
ITPGRFA meeting
Review of permitted seeds list for Australia
Less dogmatic approach to the regulation of GURTs proposed in Brazil
Monsanto plans to
appeal district court summary judgment ruling on patent case
related to glyphosate-tolerant corn technology
Syngenta rights to GA21
in corn reaffirmed by U.S. Federal Court
100 countries have
ratified the international plant genetic resources treaty
April 06
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to six new plant varieties
Producers need to
understand plant variety protection laws, says North Dakota
State Seed Department deputy commissioner
European Crop
Protection Association calls for end to counterfeiting and
illegal trade on occasion of World Intellectual Property Day
2006
Counterfeiting is
major threat to plant science innovation, poses serious dangers
to farmers, environment and human health
World Intellectual
Property Organization upgrades its online database, PatentScope
UK Plant Variety
Rights Office & Seeds Division of Defra - Recent publications
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
Iowa State University
Extension's
Ag Decision Maker
website features expanded agricultural law section
Iceland becomes 61st
member of UPOV
March 06
U.S. patent
7,012,171: Modification of plant metabolism
Ethiopia enacts laws
for plant breeders' rights and biodiversity
Workshop series from the Australian Centre for Intellectual
Property in Agriculture:
"Seed Licences, End
Point Royalties (EPR) and Plant Breeders’ Rights: Issues for the
Grains Industry"
U.S. patent
7,009,092: Transgenic corn plants having seeds with modified
cornstarch characteristics and method of making the transgenic
corn plants
USDA/ERS report:
Government Patenting and Technology Transfer
China:
Planting seeds -
Administrative measures for grass seeds
February
06
Cargill files
notice of appeal on judge’s ruling in specialty canola patent
case
Patten Seed
announces international certification for two varieties: OECD
certifies Zenith zoysia and TifBlair centipede
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
awards 7 millionth patent to DuPont for bio-based material
invention
IP Strategy Today
- Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture: Facilitated Access or
Utility Patents on Plant Varieties?
- An Overview of
Plant Variety Protection in South Africa
January 06
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-four new plant varieties
The Court of
Justice of the European Communities – Judicial proceedings
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen plant varieties
Vermont House of
Representatives affirms protection for farmers
December
05
Hazera
Genetics promotes new secure seed packaging to help ensure
customer satisfaction
Dow AgroSciences
prevails in patent dispute over Natreon canola oil
UK:
Plant Variety and Seeds Gazette
December 2005
November
05
Jury finds in
favor of Monsanto in patent case involving Bayer CropScience and
insect-protected corn technology
October 05
EnviroLogix delivers next generation test to detect
the use of unauthorized GM soybeans in Brazil
Breeders encounter
various problems when trying to enforce their European Community
plant variety rights, but the situation is not hopeless
Thai scientists
patent rice genes
Consumers benefit
from strong, enforceable intellectual property protection in
seed industry, according to Iowa State University study
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-one new plant varieties
Landmark agreement reached in wheat seed piracy case
CSIRO's RNAi 'gene
silencing' patents strengthened
Protéus granted
U.S. patent on gene shuffling technology
Monsanto
strikes royalty deal for transgenic soybean seeds in Brazil
September
05
Monsanto responds
to news reports questioning patent situation on Roundup Ready
soybeans in Brazil
USDA announces
open meeting of the Plant Variety Protection Board
USDA finalizes
fee increase for plant variety protection certificates
Dow Chemical
subsidiary granted U.S. patent on transgenic Bt in plants
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-three new plant varieties
CSIRO's gene
silencing granted US patent
Grasslanz reminds
farmers that some ryegrass technology they use is protected by
patents
August 05
Croplife America
disappointed with 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
Deutsche
Saatgutunternehmen klagen gegen Bundesministerium für
Landwirtschaft
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen new plant varieties
Biotechnology and
Intellectual Property Rights training center to boost ag
research in The Philippines
July 05
EU
accedes to International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 25 new plant varieties
Uncertainty reigns as
biotech patents remain unharmonised in the European Union
U.S. Department of
Agriculture proposes fee increase for plant variety protection
certificates
European Commission adopts
a second report on biotechnological inventions, covering gene
patents and stem cells
U.S. Federal Register:
USDA/AMS proposes to
increase Plant Variety Protection Office application, search,
and certificate issuance fees by 20 percent
June 05
European Union accedes
to International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties
of Plants
China's
Ministry of Agriculture revises list of plants eligible for new
plant variety protection
UK Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Electronic Seeds and
Plants (ESP) project
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
Cellectis S.A. wins
patent battle in the field of targeted recombination and gene
correction: European Patent Office affirms revocation of Sangamo
Biosciences' licensed patent
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 15 new plant varieties
European Community Plant
Variety Office celebrates its 10th anniversary
European Union:
Meeting of the
Standing Committee on "Community Plant Variety Rights", 17 May
2005
May 05
Wageningen University : "Impacts of Strengthened
Intellectual Property Rights Regimes on the Plant
Breeding Industry in Developing Countries"
Sortenschutz by
Zierpflanzen stark zunehmend in 2004
Study explores
Intellectual Property Rights experiences of developing countries
BASF
resolves case against Arkansas rice growers who violated
CLEARFIELD rice stewardship agreement and technology
USDA establishes
supplemental fees for plant variety protection certificates
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to five new plant varieties
Syngenta Seeds wins
jury verdict on illegal wheat seed sale
Monsanto obtains transitory agreement
on GM soybean seeds royalties in South America
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
April 05
European
Commission
Standing Committee on Seeds and
Propagating Material of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
(SCSP) - Summary report of the meeting held on 17 March 2005
United
Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
Plant Variety and Seeds Gazette April 2005
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to eight new plant varieties
Saskatchewan
Agriculture and Food: FAQs on plant breeders’ rights and the
Seeds Act relating to the sale of seed
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to eight new plant varieties
European Patent Office:
Monsanto's European
patent on herbicide-tolerant plants maintained in limited form
Maintien sous une forme limitée
d'un brevet européen relatif à des plantes résistantes à un
herbicide
Canada: Plant
Breeders’ Rights (PBR) Act Amendments Consultation update
DEFRA Electronic
Seeds and Plants (ESP) project - Progress report for 14 Dec 04
to 18 Mar 05 now available
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to eight new plant varieties
Farmer to farmer trading of
malting barley varieties Baudin and Hamelin authorized in
Western Australia
March 05
USDA/PVPO grants protection
to nine new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants protection
to fourteen new plant varieties
New report offers
"road map to the future" of crop variety registration in Canada
European Patent
Office upholds decision to revoke Neem patent
Genesis Research and
Development Corporation announces legal dispute with ArborGen
Paraguay agrees to pay Monsanto royalties for Roundup
Ready soybean seed
Syngenta receives
intellectual property protection for corn herbicide in China
Syngenta erhält in China Patentschutz für Maisherbizid
Syngenta obtient une protection de sa propriété intellectuelle
pour un herbicide du maïs en Chine
AgResearch and Pennington Seed announce part settlement of tall
fescue endophyte patent lawsuit in the U.S
Proposed changes to
Canadian Plant Breeders’ Rights Act will have no impact on
producers purchasing seed lawfully
February
05
United Kingdom -
DEFRA Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette 2005
Brazil court rules
in favour of Monsanto in GM seed royalties case
Deutsches Saatgutrecht mit
Augenmaß reformieren - Neue Züchtungstechnologien fordern Transparenz im
Anerkennungssystem
Plant Bioscience's
CleanGene™ transformation system granted U.S. patent
Protected seed varieties
require proper labeling
Icoria receives
seventh U.S. patent on novel fungicide target
Bayer CropScience,
Max Planck Society, Monsanto Company resolve agrobacterium
patent dispute
Bayer CropScience,
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und Monsanto beenden
Patentauseinandersetzung über Agrobacterium
January 05
DEFRA publishes
January 2005 issue of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette
USDA/PVPO grants protection
to 11 new plant varieties
BASF granted Canadian
patent which provides protection for CLEARFIELD technology
USDA/PVPO grants protection
to 10 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 11 new plant varieties
Brazilian court
temporarily halts Monsanto royalties
Summary report of
the November 24, 2004 meeting of the standing committee on
European Community plant variety rights
U.S. Federal
Register: Plant Variety Protection Office, supplemental fees
India's Patents Act
amended
December
04
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
factsheet: Farmers ability to save seed produced from
protected varieties
Gesetzliche
Aufzeichnungspflicht im Pflanzenschutz nicht zielführend
Syngenta Seeds
receives US$460,000 in settlement of lawsuits on illegal sale of
its wheat seed
Illegal seed
industry gains market share in Brazil
Argentina and
biotech firms agree on royalty bid
Syngenta to appeal
patent verdict favoring Monsanto, Dow unit
Jury finds in
favor of Monsanto Company and co-defendant in patent
infringement case brought by Syngenta Seeds
Dow AgroSciences
prevails in B.t. corn patent suit: jury finds Syngenta patents
invalid
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
République
Française: Loi n° 2004-1338 du 8 décembre 2004 relative
à la protection des inventions biotechnologiques
German
biopatent law passed
Deutsches
Biopatent-Gesetz beschlossen - DBV-Kritik zu Patenten
auf Pflanzen und Tiere
UK Plant Variety Rights
Office & Seeds Division of Defra:
- Seed Certification
- Provision of official seals to the UK seed trade
USDA/FAS
GAIN report: China - Food and agricultural import
regulations and standards - Bonded trade product import
ban on planting seeds and other commodities
November
04
Making sense of
patent rules for plant varieties
Syngenta and
DuPont reach agreement on lawsuits
Syngenta et DuPont trouvent un accord mettant fin à leurs
litiges
Syngenta und DuPont legen Rechtsstreit bei
Canadian seed
industry supports farmer's ability to save and plant seed
Illegitimate seed
sales stopped in Canada
Plants and
Intellectual Property: An International Appraisal
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
Agriculture minister of India proposes amendments to the Seeds
Act 1966
U.S. Supreme Court
requests Bush administration's view on seed patent controversy
India's
new patent regime may pose challenges to farm
sector
Consultation on
proposed amendments to the Plant Breeders' Rights Act of Canada
October
04
Sakata and Syngenta
reach agreement over intellectual property rights
Icoria expands its
fungicide patent portfolio
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 12 new plant varieties
Judgment
of the Court of Justice of the European Union in case
C-447/02 P: Community trade mark – Regulation (EC) No
40/94 – Absolute ground for refusal – Distinctive
character – Colour per se – Orange colour - KWS Saat AG
vs. Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Nachbauregelung: Keine generelle Auskunftspflicht bei
Saatgut - Deutscher Bauernverband begrüßt Urteil des
Europäischen Gerichtshofes
Plant
Genetic Resources: Great success in an important step
towards an accord on access to agricultural seeds and
the sharing of commercial benefits
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 15 new plant varieties
Monsanto victory
plants seed of privatisation
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
Monsanto wins key
patent dispute regarding dicot plant transformation
September 04
USDA's Plant
Variety Protection Office grants protection to 13 new plant
varieties
U.S. Agriculture Secretary announces
appointments to the Plant Variety Protection Board
USDA grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
USDA grants
protection to eleven new corn and soybean varieties
USDA grants
protection to seven new plant varieties
SICASOV Group,
French market leader for seed licensing management, will use
Versant technology to manage biotech royalties
Inscription of MON 810 GM
maize varieties in the Common EU Catalogue of Varieties
-
La
Comisión Europea aprueba incluir variedades MG en el Catálogo
Común de Variedades de Semillas
August
04
New version of the U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology
Intellectual Property database
July 04
Federal Register: U.S.
Patent No. 6,566,125, "Use of Enzymes to Reduce Steep Time and
SO2 Requirements in a Maize Wet-Milling Process'',
available for licensing, to be granted to Genencor International
Dr. Bennett-Jarvis J.D.
joins patent and trademark law firm of Jondle & Associates
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 13 new plant varieties
Arizona State University to offer first
master's degree in biotech, genomics law
USDA grants protection
to 13 new plant varieties
June 04
International
plant genetic treaty becomes law:
Legally
binding agreement - open access, benefit sharing, farmers'
rights
Ohio
Farmers may gain right to save patented seed
Mycogen Corporation
granted U.S. patent on glyphosate resistance in cotton
Plant breeder,
bureaucrats spar over Canadian regulations
Der Deutsche
Bauernverband lehnt Entscheidung des Europäischen Patentamts ab:
keine Patente auf Tiere und Pflanzen
Ohio legislators may
allow farmers to keep and replant seeds with patented
technologies
USDA grants protection
to 23
new
plant varieties
May 04
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 31 new plant varieties
Paradigm Genetics adds
two more patents to its fungicides patent portfolio
Monsanto Canada Inc.
v. Schmeiser
- Decision of the
Supreme Court of Canada: Monsanto Canada Inc.
v. Schmeiser
-
CSTA says Supreme Court
decision good for farmers, technology developers
-
Supreme Court of Canada
finds in favour of Monsanto in Schmeiser vs. Monsanto patent
infringement case
-
Canadian Canola Growers
Association pleased with the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on
patents
Supreme Court of Canada
to rule on Monsanto patent case
Pew Initiative analysis
finds checkerboard state legislation in the
U.S.
E.U. Competitiveness
Ministers to decide on the community patent
Bundesgerichtshof
bestätigt Saatguttreuhandverwaltung
Monsanto files patent
infringement suit against Syngenta over GA21(R) Roundup Ready
corn
Monsanto maintains
intellectual property for GA21 Roundup Ready corn; Syngenta not
licensed by Monsanto for GA21
Who will gain from
India's Plant Protection Act?
Monsanto Company's
'first-to-invent' insect-protected plants position is
underscored with Dow AgroScience abandonment of California
patent case
U.S. Plant Variety
Protection Certificate Number 200300172, for the forage soybean
variety designated "Tara", is available for licensing
April
04
Paradigm
Genetics receives second U.S. patent for fungicide target
pathway - Discovery
may lead to development of more effective fungicides
USDA grants protection
to 17
new
plant varieties
USDA grants protection
to eight new plant varieties
March
04
European Court of
Justice: Holders of Community plant variety rights are free to
choose the legal form they wish to take
Auskunftspflicht bei
Z-Saatgutkauf - Europäischer Gerichtshof urteilt zur Auskunft
beim Nachbau
INCOTEC launches
new marker technology to protect seed against counterfeiting or
illegal multiplication
Bundesverbraucherministerin Künast fordert Klarheit und Wahrheit
beim Patentschutz
February 04
Argentina to create
royalties fund for biotech seed companies
Protected wheat
variety woes - what you don't know can hurt you
Monsanto wheat
patent disputed
Herculex I corn unaffected by recent US Patent Office decision
Monsanto wins key patent dispute regarding insect-protected
plant technology
January
04
American Patent Policy, Biotechnology, and African
Agriculture: The Case for Policy Change
Keine Patente auf
Pflanzen: Einspruch gegen „Monsanto-Patent“ auf Weizen, Mehl und
Kekse
Canadian Seed Trade
Association addresses seed saving issue in Supreme Court appeal
Beim Saatgutkauf
zusätzliche Erklärungen über Gentechnik erforderlich - Fehlende
EU-Saatgutschwellenwerte führen zu Risiken für Landwirte
Monsanto Canada Inc.
set for Supreme Court of Canada appearance in patent
infringement case
December
03
Syngenta Crop
Protection files suit against Sipcam Agro USA
November
03
U.S. patent granted
to Dupont for soybean products with improved carbohydrate
composition and soybean plants
USDA/ERS database
of agricultural biotechnology intellectual property
October 03
Intellectual property
protection for plant-related inventions in Europe
European Commission proposes
to maintain levels of seed subsidies for 2004/05
September 03
Plant patents:
public interest versus private profit -
University of
California Davis helps author initiative to ensure access to
patented technologies
Chinese Ministry
of Agriculture releases additions to new plant variety protection
list
3 Star Lettuce, LLC to
settle infringement lawsuit with Seminis
Indian biotech company
Avestha Gengraine gets US patents for multiple use GM technology
August 03
Washington University in St.
Louis, Monsanto Co., awarded patent for technology that creates
disease-resistant crops
ISF
position on disclosure of origin in intellectual property protection
applications
July 03
USDA grants protection
to 12 new new bean, sorghum and wheat varieties
USDA grants
protection to 28 new cotton, pea, soybean and wheat varieties
UC Riverside is part of
new initiative to share patented research on agriculture
New initiative helps
researchers wend way through intellectual property maze
June 03
European Patent Office
upholds GM soybean patent
CSIRO asserts ownership
of gene silencing technology
Gujarat told to act
against illegal Bt seed manufacturers
Meristem granted key US patent for the production of collagen in
plants
Production du
collagene recombinant dans les plantes: un brevet clef pour
Meristem aux USA
May 03
Monsanto wins patent dispute over Bayer regarding herbicide-tolerant
corn
"Soya" patent limited
after hearing in opposition proceedings before the European Patent
Office
Supreme Court of
Canada grants Percy Schmeiser's application for leave to appeal
patent infringement judgement
April
03
Lochow-Petkus begrüßt
EuGH-Urteil - Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofes über die
Auskunftspflicht von Landwirten legt die Grundlage für
nachhaltige Zukunftsinvestitionen
European Court of
Justice: The holder of a community plant variety right can ask a
farmer to provide information if there is some indication that
the farmer has made use of the "agricultural exemption"
March 03
Syngenta settles lawsuit with Polonica International; defendants to exit
melon business, transfer program and pay royalties
January 03
Legal protection of biotechnological inventions: European Commission
discusses progress with Member States and establishes expert group
Heightened research calls for intellectual property
December 02
Legal Liability Issues in
Agricultural Biotechnology
USDA announces actions
regarding Plant Protection Act yiolations involving Prodigene, Inc.
Pickseed West announces
patent approval of transitional ryegrass
November 02
Conclusions of
Dámaso Ruíz-Jarabo, Advocate General at the European Court of
Justice, in the matter "Saatgut-Treuhanverwaltungs GmbH vs.
Werner Jäger" (in German,
Spanich and Italian)
International Service for
the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) releases information package
on Intellectual Property Rights and Agricultural Biotechnology
October 02
Pioneer names Syngenta in germplasm protection lawsuit
European Commission publishes first report on biotech patents directive
USDA proposes fee increase
for Plant Variety Protection Certificates
September 02
Federal Court judges
unanimously dismiss appeal in Schmeiser vs. Monsanto Canada Inc. patent
infringement case
August 02
Supreme Court of California limits Mycogen's recovery in lawsuits
against Monsanto
July 02
Allegations against Monsanto and others by Syngenta baseless
Syngenta files suit to enforce biotechnology patents
Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act signed into law
May 02
Monsanto Canada Inc.
prepares for appeal in patent infringement case
April 02
USDA grants protection to 30 new plant varieties
Gene discovery, ownership and access for developing countries in the era
of molecular genetics
March 02
Large Scale Biology
Corporation patent announced, covering a fundamentally new plant
species
Conclusions de Monsieur l'Avocat général Ruiz-Jarabo dans
l'affaire C-305/00
Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer in der
Rechtssache C-305/00
Conclusiones del Abogado General Sr. Ruiz-Jarabo en el Asunto
C-305/00
(Christian Schulin / Saatgut-Treuhandverwaltungs GmbH)
Syngenta Crop Protection files suit against Monsanto Company
February 02
Golden Valley Seed and
Westar Seeds International resolve trademark and copyright dispute
December 01
US Supreme Court decision in the case of J.E.M. Ag Supply, Inc., dba
Farm Advantage, Inc., etal. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.
November 01
Court of Appeals affirms
victory for Aventis CropScience on glyphosate tolerant corn
La Cour d'Appel du
Tribunal Fédéral américain donne raison à AVENTIS CropScience dans
l'affaire du brevet du maïs tolérant au Glyphosate
Delta And Pine Land
Company wins favorable opinions in ogoing lawsuit against
Monsanto/Pharmacia
Nine important new patents
issued to Large Scale Biology Corporation
October 01
Sangamo BioSciences granted U.K. patent covering methods of engineering
zinc finger DNA-binding proteins
Paradigm Genetics
receives first technology patent
DEKALB Genetics, Dow
AgroSciences resolve biotech patent dispute
Monsanto and DuPont resolve
issues relating to YieldGard(R) insect-protected corn
July 01
Decision
of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will not affect Bayer's claim
against Syngenta's thiamethoxam
Entscheidung des U.S.-Patentamts hat keinen Einfluss auf Bayers
Patentverletzungsklage gegen Syngentas Thiamethoxam
June 01
Dow AgroSciences: Federal Circuit
reinstates key Mycogen biotechnology patent
May 01
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., (U.S.)
has filed a lawsuit against Bayer AG
April 01
Agreement
announced in two more 'brown-bag canola' suits: Pioneer Hi-Bred
obtains two contractual undertakings regarding Plant Breeders' Rights
law
March 01
Proven Seed:
second 'brown-bagged canola' case reaches settlement
Lawsuit
threatens Golden Harvest relationship
February 01
Aventis
CropScience patent for genetically improved plants finally approved by
the European Patent Office
L’office Européen des Brevets accorde à Aventis CropScience un
brevet pour des plantes modifiées par génie génétique
Europäisches Patentamt bestätigt Patent von Aventis CropScience
December 00
Pioneer Hi-Bred
dismisses claims against American Ag-Tec International, Ltd.
October 00
Supreme Court of
California accepts Mycogen's petition to review $175 million verdict
against Monsanto
September 00
Unanimous
jury verdict finds Aventis inventors should be added to DeKalb patents
DEKALB
will seek to have Advisory Jury decision overturned in patent lawsuit
brought by Aventis Cropscience
March 00
Simplot
Turf & Horticulture researchers awarded patents on novel grass
species
January 00
Federal Appeals Court
affirms Pioneer's right to patent seeds and plants
March 98
Novartis Seeds receives Plant Variety
Protection certificates
December 97
DEKALB Genetics Granted European Patent
for Corn Transformation
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