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Plant Breeders' Rights

Innovation in agriculture deserves effective protection.

New plant varieties developed through breeding programmes may be protected through plant breeders' rights, giving breeders exclusive rights to control the commercial exploitation of their varieties.

COEUR IP assists breeders, agricultural businesses and research institutions in securing, commercialising and enforcing plant variety rights across Africa, with strategic guidance on the evolving legal frameworks that govern them.

  • Filing and prosecution of plant variety applications
  • Registrability assessments and legal opinions
  • Licensing, commercialisation and technology transfer agreements
  • Portfolio management and strategic protection advice
  • Enforcement of plant breeders' rights and dispute resolution
  • Litigation support relating to unauthorised use of protected varieties

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