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News releases on
seed-related Intellectual Property Protection
August 08
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 21 new plant varieties
July 08
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 25 new plant varieties
Plant
Variety Protection wheat seed case settled for $25,000
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 74 new plant varieties
June 08
Prior
art: the skeleton in a patent’s closet
May 08
DNA
fingerprinting identifies bean in patent dispute
Protecting and commercializing biotechnology
April 08
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open teleconferencing meeting of the Plant
Variety Protection Board
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
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
February 08
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 55 new plant varieties
ISB News Report
- Supreme Court consigns the Monsanto–McFarling litigation to
rest in peace
January 08
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
December 07
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
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
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"
October 07
USDA/AMS Items of
Interest in Seed - October 2007
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)
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
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
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 August 07
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 19 news plant varieties
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
Seed cleaners can be
ensnared by legal issues
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties June 07
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
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
April 07
Nueva ley de
semillas en México
Philom Bios announces
Court of Appeal decision
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
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 19 new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 20 new plant varieties
January 07
U.S. patent gives
Chromatin Inc. exclusive mini-chromosome rights in plants -
Issued patent covers methods for using mini-chromosomes to
produce transgenic plants
Saskatchewan Canola
Development Commission wants producers to benefit from expiry of
patents
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
American Seed
Trade Association creates first comprehensive Guide to State
Seed Regulations
American Seed
Trade Association expands legislative and regulatory staff
December 06
U.S. Agriculture
Secretary announces Plant Variety Protection Board appointments
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 11 new plant varieties
November
06
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 30 new plant varieties
Iowa State
University establishes Center for Agricultural Law and
Taxation
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
Important information from the Illinois Crop Improvement
Association
on introducing new varieties
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
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 23 new plant varieties
July 06
USDA grants protection
to 21 new plant varieties
USDA patents microbes to fight
wheat fungus
USDA recibió
patentes por microbios que combaten un hongo de trigo
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
June 06
International patent
behavior of nine major agricultural biotechnology firms
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-six new plant varieties
May 06
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
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
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
Iowa State University
Extension's
Ag Decision Maker
website features expanded agricultural law section
March 06
U.S. patent
7,012,171: Modification of plant metabolism
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
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
January 06
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to twenty-four new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen plant varieties
Vermont House of
Representatives affirms protection for farmers
December
05
Dow AgroSciences
prevails in patent dispute over Natreon canola oil
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
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
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
August 05
Croplife America
disappointed with 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to sixteen new plant varieties
July 05
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 25 new plant varieties
U.S. Department of
Agriculture proposes fee increase for plant variety protection
certificates
U.S. Federal Register:
USDA/AMS proposes to
increase Plant Variety Protection Office application, search,
and certificate issuance fees by 20 percent
June 05
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 15 new plant varieties
May 05
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
U.S. Federal
Register: Plant Variety Protection Office, supplemental fees
December
04
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
factsheet: Farmers ability to save seed produced from
protected varieties
Syngenta Seeds
receives US$460,000 in settlement of lawsuits on illegal sale of
its wheat seed
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
November
04
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
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to nine new plant varieties
U.S. Supreme Court
requests Bush administration's view on seed patent controversy
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
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
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
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
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
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CSTA says Supreme Court
decision good for farmers, technology developers
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Supreme Court of Canada
finds in favour of Monsanto in Schmeiser vs. Monsanto patent
infringement case
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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.
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
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
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
Canadian Seed Trade
Association addresses seed saving issue in Supreme Court appeal
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
September 03
Plant patents:
public interest versus private profit -
University of
California Davis helps author initiative to ensure access to
patented technologies
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
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
June 03
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
Supreme Court of
Canada grants Percy Schmeiser's application for leave to appeal
patent infringement judgement
March 03
Syngenta settles lawsuit with Polonica International; defendants to exit
melon business, transfer program and pay royalties
December 02
USDA announces actions
regarding Plant Protection Act yiolations involving Prodigene, Inc.
Pickseed West announces
patent approval of transitional ryegrass
October 02
Pioneer names Syngenta in germplasm protection lawsuit
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
May 02
Monsanto Canada Inc.
prepares for appeal in patent infringement case
April 02
USDA grants protection to 30 new plant varieties
March 02
Large Scale Biology
Corporation patent announced, covering a fundamentally new plant
species
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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