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CIOPORA and its members increase efforts against piracy of plant variety rights

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October 26, 2007

Source: CIOPORA - International Community of breeders of asexually reproduced ornamental and fruit varieties

CIOPORA and its members are increasing their efforts in fighting piracy of plant variety rights and other intellectual property rights. CIOPORA started a communication campaign at Valentines 2007 providing various partners in industry with detailed information on the negative effects of piracy. While this will be continued, CIOPORA brought the message “stop piracy – support creativity” very demonstratively to the visitors and exhibitors at this years HortiFair in Amsterdam: the “pirate” and “flower-lady”* were one of the main attractions at the tradeshow.

“Many people don’t know that new varieties can be protected by plant variety rights, like new inventions in other industries might be protected by patents”, explains Dr. Edgar Krieger, CIOPORA’s Executive Secretary. Breeding vegetatively reproduced ornamental and fruit varieties needs a lot of know-how and requires significant financial investments, but the results can be very easily multiplied, also by unauthorized users. Hence, effective protection systems and their efficient enforcement – if necessary by legal actions – are of vital interest to breeders. But also growers, the trade and consumers are benefiting from well functioning protection, since all are looking for varieties which are healthier, show new colours, fragrances, taste or have a longer vase-life. These can only be developed if the investments made pay off. And it is also a matter of protecting fair competition among growers and in trade when breeders are enforcing plant variety rights.

Breeders are asking everybody to inform themselves on existing rights, to enter into and respect license-agreements, to trade only with legal plants and to report alleged infringements. For entering into dialogue with CIOPORA or reporting alleged infringements, the e-mail address antipiracy@ciopora.org can be used.

CIOPORA is an international non-governmental organization, founded in 1961, representing the interests of breeders of asexually reproduced ornamental and fruit varieties worldwide. Main task of CIOPORA is the constant development of systems of protection of the intellectual property concerning ornamental and fruit varieties.

 

 

 

 

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