June 6, 2024

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CIOPORA strengthens leadership team with appointment of Micaela Filippo as Vice Secretary-General

April 15, 2024

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CIOPORA’s Annual General Meeting lands in Africa with a special program focus on this continent

November 6, 2023

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Breeders welcome the adoption of the new EXN Essentially Derived Varieties by the UPOV Council

July 25, 2022

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Following the path of Gregor Medel - In the frame of the 200th anniversary of the father of genetics, the CIOPORA team developed a timeline with the milestones of plant breeding since Mendel’s discovery

May 6, 2022

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Ornamental, fruit and cannabis breeders gather to discuss intellectual property challenges in the CIOPORA  Annual General Meeting 2022

April 14, 2022

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Three questions with...Francesco Mattina, president of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) 

November 1, 2021

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Join the CIOPORA Breeding Academy webinars in November

October 20, 2021

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CIOPORA’s advocacy goal achieved: 30 years community plant variety protection for species with long development cycles

September 13, 2021

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EU Parliament: 641 votes for longer Community Plant Variety Rights protection for several groups of species

March 22, 2021

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60th Anniversary of CIOPORA and UPOV Convention

November 27, 2020

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CIOPORA strongly welcomes inclusion of the Community Plant Variety Right (CPVR) Regulation 2100/94 into the European Union Commission’s IP Action Plan

October 16, 2020

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

September 1, 2020

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Saatgut: Industrie fordert Überarbeitung der EU-Regelungen zu geistigem Eigentum (Euraktiv)

August 26, 2020

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CIOPORA, AIPH, Euroseeds and Plantum request revision of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community Plant Variety Rights

CIOPORA, AIPH, Euroseeds and Plantum request revision of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 2100/94 on Community Plant Variety Rights

July 14, 2020

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AIPH, CIOPORA and Union Fleurs Call for reason and fairness regarding payments of royalties in 2020

June 11, 2020

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CIOPORA elects President and new board in its first electronic elections

April 6, 2020

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CIOPORA requests UPOV Member States to implement support measures for breeders amid COVID-19 crisis
CIOPORA solicita a los Estados Miembros de UPOV que implementen medidas de apoyo a los obtentores debido a la crisis por el COVID-19 

October 23, 2019

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Offener Brief von deutschen Verbänden der Agrarwirtschaft und Ernährungsindustrie anlässlich des Urteils des Europäischen Gerichtshofes zu den Neuen Züchtungsmethoden

October 1, 2019

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CIOPORA launches webinar program on intellectual property for plants

July 31, 2019

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U.S. and European intellectual property is the focus of the CIOPORA Academy Workshop in Chicago/St. Charles - CIOPORA and Ball Horticultural Company offer a 1.5-day learning and networking event in the Chicago area August 15-16, 2019

April 4, 2019

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CIOPORA AGM 2019 focuses on intellectual property for plants in South Africa, China and the US

December 18, 2018

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New US Farm Bill extends US Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) to asexually reproduced plant varieties

Barley plant patent upheld in European Union opposition proceedings

Patentability twist & turns: European Patent Office Board of Appeals deems plants obtained by essentially biological process patentable

April 4, 2018

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CIOPORA and ILVO Conference to explore technical and legal aspects of biotechnology in horticulture

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

August 10, 2017

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The CIOPORA Academy to host workshop on IP protection for plants in Madrid - Small-group educational event will be held October 16-17 on the fringes of Fruit Attraction show

July 20, 2017

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CIOPORA works with United Kingdom, European Union governments to protect plant breeders throughout Brexit - With exit day on the horizon, the future protection of ornamental and fruit varieties is uncertain