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DATE AND PLACE
The Course will take place on 13-14 Nov 2014 as follows:
Thursday 13 November, from 8:30 am to 19:00 pm
Friday 14 November, from 9:00 am to 14:00 pm
All session will take place in the Facultad de Educación, at the
University of Alicante.
The lectures will be held in English
REGISTRATION FEE
Regular attendance fee: EUR 120
Special attendance fee: EUR 100*
*Entities and associated Offices and Institutions, AAAML (Asociación Antiguos Alumnos Magister Lvcentinvs), students and staff
of the University of Alicante (UA)
REGISTRATION
To register for the seminar go to:
http://ddmdp.ua.es/es/derechos-variedades-digitales/
In case of doubt, please contact us at ddmdp@ua.es or magister.lvcentinvs@ua.es
ORGANIZATION
Magister Lvcentinvs, Master in Intellectual and Industrial Property and Information Technology Law, of the University of
Alicante.
Department of Commercial Law and Procedural Law of the University of Alicante.
ORGANIZATION BOARD
Dª Esperanza Gallego Sánchez
Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Alicante,
Member of the Law Commission in Spain. Ministry of Justice
and Member of the Board of Directors of the Master in Intellectual Property. Magister Lvcentinvs at the University of Alicante.
GENERAL COORDINATOR
Ms Pilar Iñiguez Ortega
Prof. Dr. Commercial Law at the University of Alicante. Coordinator of the Patents and Technology Transfer Module of
the Magister Lvcentinvs.
Diseño: Gabinete de Imagen y Comunicación Gráfica de la Universidad de Alicante. Impressió: imprenta.ua.es
The above fees cover the materials of the different conferences
and beverages during the coffee-breaks
SEMINAR DESCRIPTION
PROGRAMME
12.45 - 13.30 The Plant Variety Rights Intensive Module is a two-day seminar
focused on the Intellectual Property system of protection of plant
varieties, the Community Plant Variety system, the International
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), the
technical examination conducted at the Spanish Office of Plant
Varieties (OEVV) of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Enviroment, and at the Naktuinbouw Variety Testing Department.
The protection of plant varieties is a sui generis Intellectual Property right, mostly applied world-wide. The purpose of the system is
to stimulate new breeders and new breeding work, thereby increasing domestic and international market scope.
THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2014
The UPOV mission statement refers to “the aim of encouraging the
development of new varieties of plants, for the benefit of society”.
The range of benefits includes economic, health, environmental
benefits and even pure pleasure, for example with ornamental
plants. At the same time, an Intellectual Property right for plant varieties incentivises breeders to invest in research and develop new
varieties, meeting sustainability objectives. Moreover, the breeder’s
exemption facilitates innovation in variety development and encourages competition in the breeding industry.
The two-day programme will take a close look at the main topics
related to plant variety protection at EU and international level.
SPEAKERS
Mr Felipe Palau Ramirez, Professor of Commercial Law from the University of Valencia. General Director of University and Sciences, of the
Generalitat Valenciana.
Mr Francesco Mattina, Head of the Legal Unit of the Community Plant
Variety Office.
Ms Laura Piñán Gonzalez, Senior DUS Examiner of the Naktuinbouw
Variety Testing Department
Ms Yolanda Huerta. Legal Counsel International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).
Mr Luis Salaices, Head of Registration Area of OEVV - MAGRAMA
8.30 - 9.00
Registration
9.00 - 9.15 Official Opening
Welcome by Mrs Esther Esteban Rodrigo, Deputy
Director-General for Agricultural Means of Production
and Spanish Plant Variety Office (SG. MPA y OEVV)
13.30-15.30 Lunch break
Session 3. Presentation
15.30 – 16.45 Welcome by Ms Amparo Navarro Faure, Vice-Chancellor of Investigation, Development and Innovation of
the University of Alicante.
Topic 5. Technical examination (submission and
plant material and technical Protocols)
Mrs Laura Piñan González
Examiner Naktuinbouw Variety Testing Department.
Welcome by Mrs Esperanza Gallego Sánchez, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Alicante.
Member of the Comisión General de Codificación of the
Spanish Ministry of Justice. Member of the Board of Directors of the Magister Lvcentinvs, Master in Intellectual
and Industrial Property and Information Technology
Law, of the University of Alicante.
16.45 – 17.00 Topic 6. DUS principles
Mr Luis Salaices
Head of Varieties Register OEVV-MAGRAMA. Ministry
of Agriculture, Food and Enviroment.
17.00-17.30 Coffee Break
Session 4. Presentation
Topic 7. Variety denomination testing
Mr Francesco Mattina
Head of the Legal Unit at the Community Plant Variety Office.
Welcome by Dr.Mr Julián López Richart, Director of
the Magister Lvcentinvs, Master in Intellectual and Industrial Property and Information Technology Law, of
the University of Alicante.
17.30 – 18.30 Welcome by Mr Fernando Candela, Dean of the Professional Association of Lawyers of Alicante (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Alicante)
FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2014
Session 5. Presentation
9.00- 10.00
Topic 8. CPVR Nullity and cancellation proceedings
Mr Francesco Mattina
Head of the Legal Unit at the Community Plant Variety Office.
Welcome by Mr Enrique de la Cruz Lledó. Dean of the
Professional Association of Solicitors of Alicante (Ilustre
Colegio de Procuradores de Alicante)
9.15 - 9.30
Inaugural Conference
Mr Hugues Marie Bello, Director of the Academy, at the
Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market.
10.00-11.00 Session 1. Presentation
9.30 - 10.30 Topic 1.The CPVR Overview
Mr Felipe Palau Ramírez
Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Valencia. General Director of Universidad, Estudios Superiores y Ciencia de la Generalitat Valenciana.
11.00-11.30 Coffee-break
Session 6. Presentation
11.30 - 12.30 Topic 10. Interface between patents and plant
varieties
Mrs Cristina Giner
Principal IP Attorney at Garrigues.
12.30 – 13.30 Topic 11. Enforcement of CPVR
Mr Pedro Tent
Principal Associate Lawyer at Garrigues.
13.30 Closing of Conference
Mr Alberto Casado
Vice President, Operational Support, at the European
Patent Office
Mr Krieno Fikkert, Member of the Board of Appeal of the the Community
Plant Variety Office.
10.30 - 11.30 Ms Yolanda Huerta. Legal Counsel International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
Topic 2. UPOV Convention
Mrs Yolanda Huerta
Legal Counsel International Union for the Protection of
New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break
Mr Pedro Tent, Principal Associate Lawyer at Garrigues.
Session 2. Presentation
Ms Cristina Giner, Principal IP Attorney at Garrigues.
12.00 - 12.45 Topic 3. The formal and substantive examination
(Explanation of the application and technical questionnaire)
Mr Luis Salaices
Head of Varieties Register OEVV-MAGRAMA, Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Mr Alberto Casado , Vice President, Operational Support, at the European Patent Office
Topic 4. Registration and rights conferred by the
CPVR
Mr Francesco Mattina
Head of the Legal Unit at the Community Plant Variety Office.
Topic 9. CPVR Case Law from the BOA of CPVO
and the CJEU
Mr Krieno Fikkert
Member of the Board of Appeal of the Community
Plant Variety Office.