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October 13, 2026


Propriété intellectuelle : la position de l’Union Française des Semenciers - L’UFS défend un cadre équilibré, capable de protéger les innovations sans freiner l’accès au progrès génétique tout en conservant la diversité des acteurs du secteur


October 9, 2026


La directora general de Producciones y Mercados Agrarios, Elena Busutil, destaca la reciente aprobación de la regulación europea sobre NTGs


October 8, 2026


Variety approval in Canada remains hard - Canada’s system ensures only the best varieties are grown here but can be tough on private breeders (The Western Producer)


September 29, 2026


COGEM - Advice on Information requirements and environmental risk assessment for New Genomic Technique (NGT) plants


September 22, 2026


Sea change for the Canadian seeds sector (The Western Producer)


September 21, 2026


USDA/ERS - Biotechnology in U.S. Crop Production: A Primer on Adoption, Costs, and Regulatory Structure


September 10, 2026


Schweiz - Mehr Rechtssicherheit in der Pflanzenzucht
Suisse - Davantage de sécurité juridique dans le domaine de la sélection végétale
Swizzera - Maggiore certezza del diritto nella selezione vegetale
Switzerland - Greater legal certainty in plant breeding


September 9, 2026


France - Different perspectives on variety catalogues and the seed sector


September 8, 2026


Plant breeders’ rights take hold: Canada’s first enforcement case signals real consequences for infringers (Smart & Biggar)


September 7, 2026


Why Tanzania is opposed to proposed East African Community's  draft seed law (The East African)


September 4, 2026


Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Farmers’ Rights (Expert Group or AHTEG-FR) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture advances action plan to support the implementation of farmers' rights


August 28, 2026


Semences agricoles : l'Afrique de l'Ouest veut lever les obstacles au commerce régional (AfricaNews)


August 26, 2026


Prácticas ilegales de semillas: qué significan para el sector mundial de semillas


August 25, 2026


La semilla pirata cuesta más, ¡lo barato sale caro! campaña de ICA – Acosemillas – Fenalce


August 21, 2026


Celebrating landmark year of plant breeders' rights enforcement in Italy (Fresh Plaza)


August 10, 2026


Canada - Trailing seed royalties are the future (The Western Producer)


Argentina - Oportunidad para las semillas (La Nacion)


August 7, 2026


Can revised Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act end outflow of Japanese agricultural brands? (Nippon.com)


August 5, 2026


'A landmark achievement': China launches seed IP regime to spur innovation, protect breeders' rights (AgNavigator)


August 3, 2026


South Africa - SANSOR and KISCH IP jointly issue a media release following the successful resolution of a case involving the unlawful advertising and sale of protected oats seed outside the authorised distribution chain


July 30, 2026


Global developments on regulatory frameworks and possible harmonization 


Protecting plant intellectual protection in Europe (Managing IP)


July 24, 2026


Plant scientist explains the impact of the EU’s new gene-editing rules


July 22, 2026


Global shifts in plant biotech regulations - How the US and EU are rewriting the rules of agricultural innovation (The Breakthrough Institute)


July 21, 2026


Europe’s two tiers of genome editing (NaturePlants)


July 17, 2026


Brasil - Pirataria de sementes coloca em risco a produtividade e a segurança do produtor


Plant gene-editing regulation roundup (July 2026) (Morrison Foerster)


July 16, 2026


USA - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) applauds the introduction of the Fair Seeds for Farmers Act


July 13, 2026


Euroseeds welcomes exclusion of soybean seeds for sowing from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation


July 7, 2026


Euroseeds joins 85 European organisations in calling for an ambitious FP10 to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness


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