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January 19, 2024


Saskatchewan, Canada - Variety use agreements prompt spirited debate (The Western Producer)


November 6, 2023


Breeders welcome the adoption of the new Explanatory Notes on Essentially Derived Varieties by the UPOV Council 


August 15, 2023


Two recent U.S. Federal Circuit opinions illustrate risk of product demonstrations for patent validity - In re Wingen: When is disclosure of ornamental plants invalidating? (Cooley)


May 15, 2023


U.S Department of Agriculture and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announce new partnership to beef up intellectual property processes (Reuters)


May 11, 2023


Counterfeit products, real problems


February 17, 2023


Outstanding in their field: meet Ashley Balchin and Renée Cloutier, CFIA plant breeders’ rights examiners
Exceptionnelles dans leur domaine : rencontrez Ashley Balchin et Renée Cloutier, examinatrices de la protection des obtentions végétales de l’ACIA


January 19, 2023


Seed prices have soared—Is intellectual property the problem? How intellectual property, regulation, and research can make agriculture more competitive (The Breakthrough Institute)


December 15, 2022


Dealers have a responsibility to seed companies (Growing Produce)


December 14, 2022


Concentration and IPRs in the Seed Industry: a View From the USA


December 6, 2022


USDA’s plant variety protection system embraces transgenic and gene edited plants (JD Supra)


October 17, 2022


Farmers urge intellectual property system changes as U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares competition report (Bloomberg Law)


September 22, 2022


We will not achieve food security without reaching consensus on Farmers’ Rights and Breeders’ Rights” - Speech by Arthur Santosh Attavar, ISF Vice President, at the Opening Ceremony of the ninth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 


June 22, 2022


USA - Seed industry debates consolidation, intellectual property protections (Agri-Pulse)


January 27, 2022


‘Brown-bagging’ crop seed affects producers as well as research advances - Texas A&M AgriLife Foundation Seed increases promotion of certified seed


December 7, 2021


USA - How are new varieties of plants registered and why? The final step in breeding programs is registering their new variety with the USDA


June 22, 2021


Canada - Plant Breeders’ Rights: protect yourself with knowledge


May 24, 2021


International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture releases inventory on farmers' rights - Unique collection of best practices from around the world


April 26, 2021


Three ways in which protecting intellectual property can inspire innovation


The importance of initellectual property in plant science


April 7, 2021


High-level overview of intellectual property protection for the U.S. cannabis industry (JD Supra)


February 15, 2021


Are hemp plant breeders ramping up on utility patents to protect novel varieties? (Hemp Industry Daily)


December 17, 2020


New APBREBES publication - Focus on plant variety protection: A compilation of selected literature on the impact of the UPOV Convention, alternative sui generis PVP laws and the effect on farmers’ rights
Gros plan sur la protection des obtentions végétales :Une compilation de publications sélectionnées surles impacts de la convention UPOV, les lois alternativessui generis de protection des obtentionsvégétales et l’effet sur les droits des agriculteurs
La protección de las variedades vegetales en el punto de mira:Compilación de literatura seleccionada sobre las repercusiones del convenio de la UPOV, las leyes alternativas sui generis de protección de las variedades vegetales y el efecto en los derechos del agricultor


November 18, 2020


Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society (APBREBES) report from the 2020 UPOV Session


October 16, 2020


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


September 14, 2020


Organic Seed Alliance launches the Seed Patent Watch project


June 11, 2020


Agritech businesses impacted by breeding methods patent ruling issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (Pinsent Masons)


March 30, 2020


Prairie wheat and barley commissions oppose trailing royalty pilot 


March 13, 2020


Canada - Seed royalty pilot could show viable path (Western Producer)


March 6, 2020


Canada - Long debate over seed royalty proposal may be nearing end (Western Producer)


February 17, 2020


Canada - Industry leaders weigh in on seed royalty review (Country Guide)


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