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UPOV Releases Explanatory Notes Further Defining Protection for Essentially Derived Varieties

On October 27, 2023, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) released its third set of explanatory notes on essentially derived variety (EDV) protection. In this alert, we provide a brief...more

Alert: What’s at Steak: USDA Solicits Comments on Cultured Meat Labels

Using recent advances in cell culture technology, numerous companies are developing meat products produced in vitro using cultured cells derived from living animals. As such companies get ready to market their products to...more

Alert: EPO: Plants and Plant Materials Not Patentable if Exclusively Obtained by Essentially Biological Process

A recent opinion issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has established that plants and plant materials are not patentable if they are exclusively obtained by means of an essentially...more

Alert: Syngenta Confirms Section 271(g) Infringement Does Not Require Single Entity Perform All Steps of Patented Method

Opinion also contains important holdings for labeling and copyright infringement in the context of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act In Syngenta Crop Protection LLC v. Willowood LLC, et al., the US...more

Alert: 2018 Farm Bill Enacted With Important Provisions for Plant IP and Cannabis-Related Business

The $867 billion farm bill ("Agriculture Improvement Act" – House Res. 2) was signed into law by the president on December 20. The new farm bill law contains several important provisions relating to intellectual property...more

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