Plant breeders develop new plant varieties through crossing, selection, and other breeding techniques.  The intellectual property associated with these new varieties may be protected both in the U.S. and internationally.

In this timely seminar, experts in the field of plant variety intellectual property will discuss strategies for protecting, defending, and enforcing plant variety intellectual property rights.

Topics Will Include:

• How to obtain plant variety protection for a new plant variety;
• How to obtain a trademark for a new plant variety, and what to do if someone is using your trademark;
• Differences between types of plant variety protection;
• How to use a variety in your breeding program if a new variety has plant variety protection;
• How to seek international protection for a new variety;
• How to get a license for a plant variety developed by the University of Minnesota;
• How to stop a competitor from importing into the U.S. any fruit from a patented tree or grain from a patented or protected plant variety

Speakers:

• Mark Hermeling
  Quality Assurance Examiner, U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office
• Gert Würtenberger
  Partner, Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
• Rachel Krevans
  Patent Trial Lawyer and Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Rosemary Tarlton
  Trademark Attorney and Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Michael Ward, Ph.D.
  Patent Attorney and Partner, Morrison & Foerster
• Anne Hall, Ph.D. and James Rhodes,
  Office for Technology Commercialization, University of Minnesota

Co-sponsored by:
The University of Minnesota's Office for Technology Commercialization