Growing your IP: Plant breeding intellectual property
Webinar via Zoom with Alanna Rennie is an Associate in Baker McKenzie and Wendy Cashmore is a founding Partner of Plant IP Partners Limited. Interested in learning about IP protections for plants? Learn about PVR, patents, confidential information, trademarks, with a deep dive on algae and hemp.
Date:
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Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Time: |
1pm - 2.15pm - Eastern Australian Daylight Savings Time
3pm - 4.15pm - New Zealand Daylight Savings Time
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Cost: |
$22.50 LESANZ members
$45 Non members
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Register: |
Online below - Zoom links are sent to registrants on the day with the event reminder
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Speakers:
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Alanna Rennie - Associate - Baker McKenzie - Sydney
Wendy Cashmore - founding Partner - Plant IP Partners Ltd - New Zealand
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What you will learn:
- Introduction to IP rights in plant breeding
- The pros and cons of Plant Variety Rights, Plant Patents and Confidential Information
- Commercialising plant IP case studies
- What’s the hype? – plant IP in algae and medicinal cannabis
- Plant breeders’ industry bodies and useful resources
Our Speakers
Alanna Rennie - Associate, Baker McKenzie, Sydney
Alanna has experience in mergers and acquisitions and plant intellectual
property. Alanna has played a central role in initiating the firm's
global Plant Variety Initiative and has guided companies on plant
variety commercialisation and enforcement strategies
in China and Australia. Alanna is admitted in Australia and holds a
bachelor of laws (honours) from Bond University and Masters in Chinese
Law from Tsinghua University.
Wendy Cashmore - founding Partner - Plant IP Partners Ltd, New Zealand
Wendy is a specialist business
operating in the field of plant variety intellectual property (IP) and
its commercialisation internationally. A committed advocate for
efficient and effective legislative and business systems for the benefit
of those who breed, develop, and commercialise
new variety products, Wendy is also a current VP of CIOPORA – the
International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced
Horticultural Plants.