
2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Marrakesh, Morocco - April 20 - 24, 2020
Picture: ©Milad Alizadeh


AGM 2022
Cologne, Germany
April 25- 27
April 27, 2022
CIOPORA IP & Enforcement Symposium 2022
CIOPORA invites breeders and other actors of horticultural value chain to the open Intellectual Property (IP) & Enforcement Symposium on April 27 in Cologne, Germany.
This event is open to all - members and guests.
Register for this full-day event and join experts and governmental representatives in discussing the most pressing issues in Intellectual Property for plant innovations today.
CIOPORA IP & Enforcement Symposium 2022
CIOPORA AGM 2022 - April 27, Marriott Cologne, Germany
Symposium Program

09:00 - 09:10
Opening by CIOPORA President
Steven Hutton, CIOPORA, USA

09:10 - 09:40
The Latest on the UPOV Explanatory Notes on EDV. Next Steps for Explanatory Notes on Harvested Material
Yolanda Huerta, Legal Counsel, UPOV

09:40 - 10:00
Developments in Plant Variety Rights in New Zealand
Emma Brown, General Manager, Plant Varieties, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research

10:00 - 10:30
The Developments in Plant Variety Rights in China (online)
Dr. Cui Yehan, Chief Agronomist, Development Center of Science and Technology (DCST), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), China

10:30 - 11:00
Networking Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30
Trademarks in China (online)
Cai Ye, Wan Hui Da Intellectual Property, China

11:30 - 12:00
Medical (and Recreational) Cannabis - Challenges to IP Protection and Commercialization
Eliecer López, Business Development Manager, Phytoplant, Spain

12:00 - 12:30
The PVP situation in emerging markets in Asia
Manabu Suzuki, Technical, Regional Officer Asia, UPOV

12:30 - 14:00
Networking Lunch

14:00 -14:30
Hippeastrum Infringement Case: Solid Preparation is Key to a Satisfactory Outcome
Tjeerd Overdijk, Vondst Advocaten / Mr. Maarten Leune, RAI, The Netherlands

14:30 - 15:00
Enforcement of Plant IP Rights in Italy – Recent Court Decisions with Focus on Table Grapes
Gabriel Cuonzo and Vincenzo Acquafredda, Trevisan & Cuonzo, Italy

15:00 - 15:30
Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00
Three Years of the US Plant Variety Right Protection for Vegetatively Propagated Crops - Successes and Challenges
Dr. Guo Ruihong, Branch Chief, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA

16:00 - 16:30
Good Teamwork – ISF views on IP and Future Cooperation with CIOPORA
Michael Keller, Secretary General of ISF (International Seed Federation), Switzerland

16:30 - 17:00
New Breeding Techniques in the EU - Ways out of the Dead-end Street (online)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Dederer, Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Public International Law, European and International Economic Law, University of Passau, Germany