Impact of plant patents for breeders and possible action steps

This oline event aims to provide breeders with a platform to share their expertise and address key questions on the topic.

The workshop will start with a brief overview of the current legal and political situation in regards to patents on plants derived from conventional breeding in Europe and the research about these patents. The main focus of the event will be the exchange amongst breeders about their practical experience and the challenges they face in regards to the impact patents have on their work.

Among the speakers are Dutch breeders Frans Carree (De Bolster) and Grietje Raaphorst-Travaille (Nordic Maize Breeding) will share their expertise on how patents affect their work and discuss the legal bases for breeders to have access to genetic material.

We will as well hear details about a patent on the so-called Jordan virus on tomato, granted by the European Patent Office to Vilmorin (EP 3 629 711) and give an outlook about possible steps forward.

If you have any further questions please contact Johanna Eckhardt