July 11, 2025

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European Union - Cultivating transparency and fair access to patented traits in the seed sector - A new industry-born initiative aims to stimulate innovation in the agri-food sector in a way that is beneficial to both small and bigger breeders - The Parliament held an event with the Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) to find out more (The Parliament)

June 30, 2025

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Kritische Schwelle - Neue Züchtungstechniken: Patente hemmen Innovation (Top Agrar)

June 17, 2025

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Netherlands - "Resistance against patent on classical breeding resurfaces due to ToBRFV" (HortiDaily)

June 6, 2025

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Edição gênica avança, mas enfrenta vácuo jurídico sobre propriedade intelectual

May 19, 2025

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China - New trends for patent examination? Draft amendments to the guidelines of patent examination (Lexology)

May 5, 2025

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China releases Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties (The National Law Review)

April 25, 2025

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Counterfeit seeds hurt farmers, undermine food security (Pakistan Observer)

April 4, 2025

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Building intellectual property capacity across nations: ICRISAT’s South-South training sparks cross-country learning

April 1, 2025

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Patentstreit um Braugerste (BauernZeitung)

March 24, 2025

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China’s Supreme People’s Court releases fifth batch of typical cases of seed industry intellectual property protection (The National Law Review)

March 4, 2025

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Chinese Economic Espionage: The Insider Threat with Scott Baucum, Vice President of Special Compliance and Asset Protection at Bayer U.S. (Illicit Edge)

February 19, 2025

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Mais de 1,4 mil toneladas de sementes de soja são apreendidas por suspeita de pirataria no Rio Grande do Sul - Prejuízo estimado é de quase R$ 20 milhões (CropLife Brasil)

January 10, 2025

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KWS defends innovation in sugarbeet - Due to legal complaints driven by United Beet Seeds BV, KWS takes a clear position on intellectual property related to its CR+ trait in sugarbeet

November 4, 2024

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Cultivating cash: considering royalties under Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Act (Dentons)

November 1, 2024

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Cultivating cash: Considering royalties under Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Act (Lexology)

October 25, 2024

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Advocating for a stronger plant breeders’ rights system: Euroseeds endorses essentially derived varieties in modern breeding

October 24, 2024

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Changes possible to international plant gene sharing treaty - Fees for accessing global gene banks could bring additional costs to researchers, farmers (Manitoba Co-operator)

October 22, 2024

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Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects plant patent challenge, citing genetic uncertainty (PatentlyO)

October 7, 2024

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México - Irrupción de semillas piratas desincentiva la inversión en investigación y desarrollo (El Economista)

October 4, 2024

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Debate about ownership of gene-editing techniques; researchers suggest solutions
Discussie over eigendomsrecht rond gentechnieken; onderzoekers komen met oplossingen

September 23, 2024

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En biotecnología, “perdemos por goleada el partido con Brasil y Estados Unidos” - El gerente de marca DonMario, Patricio Munilla, destacó la importancia de fortalecer la propiedad intelectual de la semilla en el plano de la biotecnología y la genética (InfoCampo)

September 9, 2024

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India - Industry bats for strong enforcement of intellectual property rights in seeds to ensure food security (Agriculture Post)

Indian seed industry advocates for stronger intellectual property rights enforcement (Rural Voice)

August 9, 2024

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Farm-saved seed, royalty rates, and innovation in plant breeding (American Journal of Agricultural Economics)

France - Contribution sur les semences fermières : assurer la viabilité économique et stimuler l’innovation agricole

August 6, 2024

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Inari Agriculture can't sink patent case over corn seed (Law 360)

July 29, 2024

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Breeders Trust reaches settlement with Belgian farm saved seed grower

July 19, 2024

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Shaping the future: Aligning the mission of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) with the new European Commission Guidelines 2024-2029

July 18, 2024

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How to protect your operation from fake, counterfeit seeds

July 16, 2024

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Kenya - Enhancing plant variety protection through capacity building