KWS is making a start in the vegetable seeds business and acquires Pop Vriend Seeds
Seeds specialist KWS builds up a long-term position in the growing vegetable seeds market / plans to establish own breeding programs / Dutch company Pop Vriend Seeds
is market leader in spinach seeds and forms a cornerstone of the new business activity / positive profit contributions resulting from the acquisition already in the first year.
EU Symposium: “Finding the balance; exploring solutions in the debate surrounding patents and plant breeders’ rights”
On Wednesday 18 May 2016 the Dutch Presidency of the European Union organized a symposium about patents and plant breeders’ rights with the title: “Finding the balance; exploring solutions in the debate surrounding patents and plant breeders’ rights”.
Decision European Patent Office
On 25 March 2015 the Enlarged Board of Appeal, as the highest 'court' of the European Patent Office, has declared that plants or seeds obtained through conventional breeding methods are patentable.
