Community Plant Variety Office

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Community Plant Variety Office
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Agency of the European Union
Location:Angers, France
Formation:
- Signed
- Established		1994
Superseding pillar:European Communities
Director:Bart Kiewiet
Website:cpvo.europa.eu
The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) is an agency of the European Union, located in Angers, France. It was established in 1994. Its task is to administer a system of plant variety rights, also known as plant breeders' rights, a form of intellectual property right relating to plants. The CPVO works rather like the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market: it grants intellectual property protection for new plant varieties. These rights are valid for a period of either 25 or 30 years.

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Plant breeders' rights (PBR), also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are intellectual property rights granted to the breeder of a new variety of plant.

These laws typically grant the plant breeder control of the propagation material (including seed, cuttings,
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Plant breeders' rights (PBR), also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are intellectual property rights granted to the breeder of a new variety of plant.

These laws typically grant the plant breeder control of the propagation material (including seed, cuttings,
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intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain names, written and recorded media, and inventions. The holders of these legal entitlements may exercise various exclusive rights in relation to the subject matter of the IP.
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The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), or OHIM (Spanish: OAMI or Oficina de Armonizacion del Mercado Interior, German: HABM or Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt, French: OHMI
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The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants or UPOV (French: Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales) is an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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