May 25, 2026

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Plant Variety Protection in China: A Legal Overview for International IP Practitioners (Lexology)

May 19, 2026

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Horticulture New Zealand welcomes proposed Plant Variety Rights changes to strengthen confidence in horticulture innovation

May 18, 2026

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New Zealand growers benefit as Government strengthens plant variety rights (PVR)

May 15, 2026

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New Zealand Government announces changes to the Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Act aimed at improving confidence and certainty for plant breeders and importers operating in New Zealand

April 27, 2026

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Sakata Seed Corporation recognized with the Intellectual Property Achievement Award for International Genetic Resource Development

China ya acapara el 75% de las patentes de semillas editadas (Phytoma)

April 21, 2026

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Japan bill to amend the Seed and Seedlings Act proposes stronger plant variety protections - Longer terms, stronger remedies and tighter export measures (Baker McKenzie)

Vietnam - Un agriculteur-chercheur crée une variété de riz parfumé brevetée (Vietnam.vn)

April 1, 2026

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Australia’s plant breeders protection regime: Promoting innovation (IPHQ News)

New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal - April 2026

March 26, 2026

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UPOV launches PRISMA Plus pilot project to streamline plant variety protection at 7th Electronic Applications Meeting

China releases draft guidelines and thresholds for the determination of essentially derived varieties

March 24, 2026

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Le Japon va renforcer les contrôles à l'exportation de ses variétés de plantes (NHK)

March 20, 2026

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Chinese seed industry cases featured on international plant variety protection platform (China Daily)

February 27, 2026

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Japan to revise law to protect new crop varieties from unauthorized export (Japan Today)

February 25, 2026

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Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Taiwan expand plant variety protection to Oncidium orchids

February 16, 2026

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China enters new era in patent protection for plant-related inventions (Mondaq)

February 13, 2026

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Cultivating the future in Vietnam: Why protecting new plant varieties matters

February 11, 2026

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China enters new era in patent protection for plant-related inventions (Lexology)

February 2, 2026

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CSIRO’s wheat taste of victory – Finding of unsupported patent claims overturned in unopposed appeal (Pearce IP)

January 7, 2026

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New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal - January 2026

November 12, 2025

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China passed revised regulations on the protection of new plant varieties and recent cases updates on test method (CMS Law-Now)

October 1, 2025

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New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal, October 2025, is now available

September 16, 2025

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China pushes for stronger crop breeding innovation, stricter variety management (AgTech Navigator)

September 4, 2025

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The institutional responses to new plant variety protection in China in the context of Big Data (Frontiers)

August 12, 2025

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New Zealand - Horticultural sector braced for serious plant variety rights fees threat (Farmers Weekly)

August 4, 2025

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Happening Tuesday, August 5: Webinar Series on Farmers’ and Breeders’ Rights in the Philippines, 2nd session

July 14, 2025

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Advanta Seeds secures plant variety protection in India for popular hybrid okra 'Raadhika' (Global Agriculture)

July 1, 2025

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New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - The Plant Variety Rights Journal - July 2025

May 30, 2025

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China - Regulations on the protection of new plant varieties finalized