2011 CIOPORA Chronicle - the 50th Anniversary Edition
CIOPORA annual magazine on Intellectual Property protection for plant innovations 2011. The magazine was produced in cooperation with FloraCulture International. Read in the 2011 CIOPORA Chronicle edition: - CIOPORA plays vital role in supporting the industry - PVR litigation on the rise - Plant Breeders´Right. Quo vadis? - China deploys national strategy for IPR - CIOPORA helps IP owners protect their rose varieties and much more...
CIOPORA annual magazine on Intellectual Property protection for plant innovations 2011. The magazine was produced in cooperation with FloraCulture International.
Read in the 2011 CIOPORA Chronicle edition:
- CIOPORA plays vital role in supporting the industry
- PVR litigation on the rise
- Plant Breeders´Right. Quo vadis?
- China deploys national strategy for IPR
- CIOPORA helps IP owners protect their rose varieties
and much more...
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About <strong>CIOPORA</strong><br />
<strong>CIOPORA</strong> is <strong>the</strong> International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit<br />
Plants. The association has been established in 1961 – so it is nearly as old as <strong>the</strong> idea of protection of<br />
plant varieties – and is highly specialized in <strong>the</strong> Intellectual Property (IP) protection of ornamental and<br />
fruit varieties by Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR), Plant Patents, Patents and Trademarks. Today it represents<br />
more than 120 direct members worldwide.<br />
Membership<br />
For breeders, effective IP protection and its enforcement are indispensable.<br />
Core activity of <strong>CIOPORA</strong>, <strong>the</strong>refore, is seeking to<br />
establish effective IP protection systems for asexually reproduced<br />
ornamental and fruit varieties all over <strong>the</strong> world.<br />
With this purpose in view, <strong>CIOPORA</strong> intervenes with governments,<br />
international organizations, associations and authorities that are dealing<br />
with breeders´ rights. In UPOV, since <strong>the</strong> beginning, <strong>CIOPORA</strong> is<br />
one of <strong>the</strong> very few non-governmental observer organizations, receiving<br />
specific non-public information about developments within UPOV and<br />
participating in all UPOV bodies and committees. Especially with a<br />
view to Plant Variety Rights (PVR) <strong>the</strong> voice of <strong>CIOPORA</strong> is not only<br />
very strong because of its expertise, but also because ornamental and<br />
fruit varieties form <strong>the</strong> vast majority of protected PVR titles.<br />
Besides this <strong>CIOPORA</strong> renders several services to its members: inter<br />
alia <strong>CIOPORA</strong> informs its members on a regular basis about new<br />
developments in <strong>the</strong> IP world, advises on Anti-Infringement work and<br />
trains its members on general questions of IP protection in <strong>the</strong> breeding<br />
industry. Additionally, <strong>the</strong> Annual General Meetings of <strong>CIOPORA</strong> and<br />
<strong>the</strong> several meetings of its working groups and crops sections all around<br />
<strong>the</strong> year provide <strong>the</strong> members with an excellent networking platform.<br />
Organisation<br />
The main governing body of <strong>CIOPORA</strong> is its Annual General Meeting<br />
of all members, which decides about <strong>the</strong> composition of <strong>the</strong> Board, gives<br />
direction for <strong>the</strong> priorities of <strong>the</strong> work and decides about <strong>the</strong> positions<br />
of <strong>CIOPORA</strong>. Special subjects of interest are dealt with in crop sections<br />
and working groups or receive special attention in <strong>the</strong> work of <strong>the</strong> administrative<br />
office. <strong>CIOPORA</strong> also has an excellent network of lawyers<br />
specialised in IP and even more specific in Plant Variety Protection.<br />
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Day-to-day business<br />
• Contributing to UPOV<br />
matters<br />
• Advising governments on<br />
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Special Topics:<br />
• Anti-Infringement<br />
• Biodiversity<br />
Molecular Techniques<br />
DUS<br />
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<strong>50th</strong> anniversary<br />
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