Thursday - 26 June, 2008PBR Enforcement Options paperACIP has published an Options Paper arising from its Review of Enforcement of Plant Breeder's Rights ... Tuesday - 15 April, 2008Plant Breeder's Rights actions in the Federal CourtAccording to a notice to practitioners posted on the Vic Bar website, plant breeder's rights actions for infringement in the Federal Court will now be regarded as intellectual property cases for the purposes of docket allocation and allocated to one of Heerey (Convenor), Sundberg, Weinberg, Kenny, Jessup, Middleton and Gordon JJ. Monday - 07 May, 2007How long should the term of protection for PBR be?The almost unpronounceably named PBRAC -
Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory Committee - has released an Issues Paper on the
Duration of "PBR" protection.
Tuesday - 01 May, 200720 years of PBR in Australiaand to celebrate ACIPA is holding a
symposium in Canberra on 8 June 2007 in Canberra.
Monday - 12 March, 2007ACIP and PBR enforcement Issues PaperACIP has released an issues paper on
enforcement issues for plant breeder's rights.
Wednesday - 20 September, 2006Minister Announces New PBR Advisory CommitteeThe Minister for Industry, Tourism and
Resources has appointed 8 people to form the new Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory
Committee for 3 years commencing on 23 August 2006.
Friday - 09 June, 2006Farmers and PBRYou might remember that the Full Federal
Court had some tantalising remarks to make about farmers' ability to use saved
seeds protected by PVR ...
Monday - 22 May, 2006Plant Breeder's Rights reviewThe Commonwealth Parliamentary Secretary
for Industry has asked ACIP to inquire into and report on issues relating to the
enforcement of PBR in Australia.
Thursday - 20 April, 2006Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory CommitteeThere are 8 part time vacancies for the
PBRAC coming up and expressions of interest to serve are being sought
...
Wednesday - 23 November, 2005There's a PBR caseCultivaust has lost its appeal to the
Full Federal Court: Cultivaust v
The Grain Pool of WA [2005] FCAFC
223.
Friday - 15 July, 2005EU joins UPOVWIPO has issued a notification that the
EU has acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants (up to and including the March 1991 revision).
Friday - 25 February, 2005Plant pirates and Operation "Plant Breeder's Rights"Taking a leaf out of the music industry
and computer industry copybooks, the hunt is on for all those dastardly farmers
and seed marketers infringing Plant Breeders Rights ....
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