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Legal confusion on essentially derived varieties must be cleared up for the sake of innovation

As gene editing techniques come to the fore in the UK and elsewhere, industry increasingly needs clarity on the breeder's exception to plant variety rights.

Insights and Analysis

Essentially derived varieties: critical concept for protecting plant varieties or chilling effect on innovation?

The advent of genome editing techniques in recent years is transforming plant breeding by substantially reducing the cost and development time of producing new plant varieties. The...

Insights and Analysis

Global Intellectual Property Outlook 2020 – Two steps forward and a look back

Our fourth annual Global Intellectual Property Outlook reflects on some of the biggest developments from 2019, and provides valuable insights on upcoming changes in 2020. From key decisions ...

Insights and Analysis

M&A 2018 in Review and 2019 Outlook: IP in the Mix

Around the globe and across a wide variety of industry sectors, our IP practice collaborated with our corporate and other practice areas of our firm to provide integrated legal services...

Insights and Analysis

Global IP Outlook 2019 – Two Steps Forward and a Look Back

2018 posed new opportunities and challenges for IP-rich businesses, with major new legislation introduced in Europe to govern trademark and trade secret protection; significant and...

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Total Brand Care: The Power of Color

We live in a visual society. And the business world is no different. As competition continues to increase across the globe, it's unsurprising that we are beginning to see the revival of ...

Published Works

Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications Elgar

Provenance matters like never before. Legal regimes regulating the use of Geographical Indications (GIs) protect commercially valuable signs on products – such as Darjeeling and...

Insights and Analysis

Integrated IP Enforcement – Europe

Our Integrated IP Enforcement strategy ensures clearly defined infringement tolerance levels. It pins down the specific IP right(s) at issue, gathers and processes infringement information...

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