Kwekersrecht

As the legal cannabis market expands and is anticipated to be worth billions in the near future, many companies, including greenhouse growers, want a piece of the pie.

It is quite common for breeders to choose a person’s first name as a variety denomination or trademark for their new varieties. However, this practice can lead to conflict as it is often the case that a name has been registered already

Extension of Plant Variety Protection in the USA. On December 20, 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act was signed into law by President Trump. This new Farm Bill amends the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act to add asexually propagated plant varieties, which were previously not available under the act.

In its decision on December 5, 2018, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) judged that a recently adopted rule, which prohibits the grant of patents for plants exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process, conflicts with the articles of the European Patent Convention (EPC).

Column van Hidde Koenraad in het vakblad voor de sierteelt sector FloraCulture International Magazine (Editie jan-feb 2019) over een uitspraak met betrekking tot de toelaatbaarheid van een rasbenaming van het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven (CBb) van 23 oktober 2018.

Hidde Koenraad schreef voor de BIE een terugblik kwekersrecht over het jaar 2018.