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Position
announcements related to seed-related Intellectual
Property Protection
Managing Director -
Anti-Infringement Bureau for Intellectual Property Rights on
Plant Material - Brussels, Belgium
2526 - November
IP Compliance
Coordinator - Monsanto Company - Creve Coeur, Missouri
2457 - October
Educational
opportunities related to seed-related Intellectual
Property Protection
INTERNATIONAL
Biotechnology and
intellectual property - Distance learning course
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Worldwide Academy is offering a distance learning advanced
course on biotechnology and intellectual property (IP). One
of the aims of the course is to enable participants to learn
about definitions and concepts that are commonly used in the
IP field, especially by IP professionals who work in the
biotechnology field. The course covers topics such as the
nature of plant breeder's rights systems and IP as a factor
in research in development. It involves about 100 hours of
study time over a period of 10 weeks and is offered twice a
year, initially in English, French and Spanish.
See the
website or contact
DL204e.academy@wipo.int for more information.
UPOV
offers distance learning course "Introduction to the UPOV
System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV
Convention" (September-October 07)
AUSTRALIA
Australian Centre for Intellectual Property
in Agriculture
Workshop series:
"Seed
Licences, End Point Royalties (EPR) and Plant Breeders’ Rights: Issues for the
Grains Industry" (March 06)
USA
Arizona State University to offer first
master's degree in biotech, genomics law
(July 04)
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