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Could your client be the next to win an Earthshot Prize?
The search for the winners of the Earthshot Prize 2023 has begun and CIPA is once again a proud Official Nominator. Do you have a client that you could nominate for one of the five £1m prizes?...
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Supplementary Protection Certificates
Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are a commercially valuable form of intellectual property that is available for certain active ingredients of medicinal and plant protection products. The...
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The Nagoya Protocol and Brexit – should the UK remain a member?
The Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is well-intentioned, but not well-balanced. It obstructs important research on genetic resources, so work on crucial topics such as human...
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Patenting of Plants in Europe
The CIPA Life Sciences Committee have produced a Position Paper on the Patenting of Plants in Europe. The paper considers the decisions of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent...
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The Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity
CIPA is concerned about the damaging effect that EU implementation of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity may have - on UK science in general and particularly on important...
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