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IP Protection for Plant Innovation 2019 – Amsterdam

November 2019

Event date: 28th November 2019

HGF Partner Dr Richard Williams will be attending and speaking at IP Protection for Plant Innovation event in Amsterdam on 28-29 November.

FORUM Institut’s 9th IP Protection for Plant Innovation conference is aimed at professionals from around the world to discuss the most important IP developments in the plant innovation sector. A panel of world-class international experts, key decision makers and leading players will focus on the most topical issues affecting today’s IP protection for plant innovations.

HGF Partner Dr Richard Williams will give a CRISPR update on 28 November. The session includes:

  • The CRISPR patent landscape from an AgBio perspective
  • A look at litigation and licensing patterns
  • Recent developments: newly published patent applications
  • Breadth of claims: extension of methods claims to products.

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