InternationalPlantBreedersRights.com > Types of Protection for Plants > Plant Breeder's RIghts (PBRs) and Plant Variety Protection (PVPs)
Plant Breeder's Rights are a specialized form of intellectual property protection that allows for the protection of rights for distinct varieties of plants. While some countries call this type of protection Plant Variety Rights, they are generally the same type of protection and the application process is the same. The application process involves a detailed survey of the plant variety's characteristics and the questions vary greatly among different countries. In general, however, many countries try to follow the guidelines of UPOV, the International Union of New Plant Varieties.
Filing for international plant breeder's rights can be time consuming and taxing on the plant breeder and their team. Precise measurements and testing requirements, including detailed comparison of similar plant varieties means that the best way to start off a successful and even enjoyable application process is to be organized from the start and identify your goals. Anticipating what countries your organization may be interested in for seeking protection and then reviewing the specific characteristic data required can literally reduce the process to file an application by years.
In addition to proper planning, assembling a knowledgeable team that keeps your particular goals in mind is vital to managing the costs associated with plant breeders rights applications as the costs can mount rather quickly if careful cost-effective decisions are not considered when developing a strategy.
In addition to Community Plant Variety Protection (Europe), plant variety rights (U.S. and Brazil, for example) and plant breeder rights, many companies include well thought out licensing arrangements and a trademark strategy that takes into consideration the unique (and often unknown) requirements for trademark protection of plant varieties.
Plant Breeder's Rights certifications are tools that can help promote sustainable agriculture. Many people are surprised to hear that it can take ten years to develop a strong, new plant cultivar. That is ten years worth of plant material, salaries, and other expenses. Developments of drought tolerant plants and nutrient rich seeds requires significant investments in time and money so to encourage innovation in the horticultural and agricultural industries, there must be some level of incentive as is offered through various forms of intellectual property laws.
GRIPS has the experience to lead your organization through a well-thought-out plant breeders right strategy. To learn more, please visit: InternationalPlantBreedersRights.com
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Green Idea Protection website takes on new look at www.GreenIdeaProtection.com
We finally have a new website that will explain how we can best help your organization protect your inventions and build a successful brand. Please visit http://www.greenideaprotection.com/
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Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection and Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
http://www.greenideaprotection.com/
Thanks!
Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection and Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation: A look at causes
Part of a Series...
Introduction
The Mountain Pine Beetle infestation in Colorado’s mountains has killed more than 1.5 million trees in the past decade adversely impacting Colorado’s ecology, economy, and aesthetic. The consequences of the infestation shall be extensive, long-term, and costly in many respects. This review explores the etiology of the infestation, responses to the infestation, environmental and economic impacts, and offers a multi-pronged approach for present and future management.
Methodology
A significant amount of the reviewed literature is sourced from official government- or university-produced literature, including National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Forest Service, Colorado State University, Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Governor’s Energy Office, and United States patents and publications. The remainder of resources for this review derive from peer-reviewed literature as it pertained to forest management and the mountain pine beetle.
The Nature and Extent of the Infestation
For more than 150 years, the state of Colorado has enjoyed densely-colorful evergreen forests and subsequently benefits from substantial tourism revenues relating to its abundant forests and National Parks. However, since 1998 , Colorado has suffered from a severe infestation of Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) or dendroctonus ponderosae hopkins, which has since reached epidemic proportions and is devastating the state’s scenic landscape.
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) are tall, thin, deeply colored evergreens. Pinus contorta means “twisted pine.” The subspecies found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is latifolia. Lodgepole pines thrive in abundant sunlight and in cold, dry climates such as those conditions found in Colorado.
The current epidemic is not the first time Colorado pine has suffered from an infestation. A less severe outbreak of MPB in the mid-1970s proved to be relatively self-limiting, possibly due to, in part to less extreme weather conditions than what co-exist with today’s epidemic.
By 2009, sixty-eight percent of the Colorado lodgepole pine forest were infected by MPB. Today, residents, scientists, and government officials remain concerned because infestation is now spreading to other prevalent Colorado pine species, including Ponderosa Pine and spruce and fir trees. Management approaches to the infestation have ranged from no intervention to intense pesticide spraying. Yet the reason the rate of infestation has slowed among lodgepole pines appears to be because there simply aren’t many more lodgepole pines to be consumed. It is estimated that it will take fifty to one hundred years before the landscape aesthetically recovers. To be continued...
References cited:
About the Author: Allison Frederick writes on environmental and sustainability related issues, particularly as they relate to environmental psychology and green brand strategy.
Introduction
The Mountain Pine Beetle infestation in Colorado’s mountains has killed more than 1.5 million trees in the past decade adversely impacting Colorado’s ecology, economy, and aesthetic. The consequences of the infestation shall be extensive, long-term, and costly in many respects. This review explores the etiology of the infestation, responses to the infestation, environmental and economic impacts, and offers a multi-pronged approach for present and future management.
Methodology
A significant amount of the reviewed literature is sourced from official government- or university-produced literature, including National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Forest Service, Colorado State University, Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Governor’s Energy Office, and United States patents and publications. The remainder of resources for this review derive from peer-reviewed literature as it pertained to forest management and the mountain pine beetle.
The Nature and Extent of the Infestation
For more than 150 years, the state of Colorado has enjoyed densely-colorful evergreen forests and subsequently benefits from substantial tourism revenues relating to its abundant forests and National Parks. However, since 1998 , Colorado has suffered from a severe infestation of Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) or dendroctonus ponderosae hopkins, which has since reached epidemic proportions and is devastating the state’s scenic landscape.
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) are tall, thin, deeply colored evergreens. Pinus contorta means “twisted pine.” The subspecies found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is latifolia. Lodgepole pines thrive in abundant sunlight and in cold, dry climates such as those conditions found in Colorado.
The current epidemic is not the first time Colorado pine has suffered from an infestation. A less severe outbreak of MPB in the mid-1970s proved to be relatively self-limiting, possibly due to, in part to less extreme weather conditions than what co-exist with today’s epidemic.
By 2009, sixty-eight percent of the Colorado lodgepole pine forest were infected by MPB. Today, residents, scientists, and government officials remain concerned because infestation is now spreading to other prevalent Colorado pine species, including Ponderosa Pine and spruce and fir trees. Management approaches to the infestation have ranged from no intervention to intense pesticide spraying. Yet the reason the rate of infestation has slowed among lodgepole pines appears to be because there simply aren’t many more lodgepole pines to be consumed. It is estimated that it will take fifty to one hundred years before the landscape aesthetically recovers. To be continued...
References cited:
[1] Ciesla, W. et al. The Health of Colorado Forests: Special Issue: Threats to Colorado's Current and Future Forest Resources. Report (Colorado State Forest Service and United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 2009).
[2] United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Service: Nature & Science. Trees – Lodgepole pine: Plants and Trees. (n.d.) Retrieved July 30, 2011, from http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjAwhwtDDw9_AI8zPyhQoY6BdkOyoCAGixyPg!/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&cid=fsed_009750&navid=150130000000000&pnavid=150000000000000&ss=110402&position=Feature.Html&ttype=detail&pname=Boise%2520National%2520Forest-%2520Nature
[3] Ibid.
[4] Mc Cambridge, W.F. et al. Ponderosa Pine Mortality Resulting from a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak. Research Paper RM-235 (United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Colorado, September 1982).
[5] Ciesla, W. et al. The Health of Colorado Forests: Special Issue: Threats to Colorado's Current and Future Forest Resources. Report (Colorado State Forest Service and United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 2009).
[6] Kaufmann M.R. et al. The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles – a focus on forest ecology and fire behavior. GFI technical report 2008-2 (The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA., 2008).
About the Author: Allison Frederick writes on environmental and sustainability related issues, particularly as they relate to environmental psychology and green brand strategy.
Monday, August 22, 2011
A High Chess IQ? Implementing Biofuel and Biodiesel Sustainably
Problem solving includes looking forward, employing what we at GRIPS call “Chess IQ.” Chess IQ is a person’s ability to think ahead. A person who acts by thinking only one step ahead has a low chess IQ. A person who acts, thinking of possible outcomes and consequences three steps ahead has a relatively higher Chess IQ.
Building a business is challenging but building a sustainable business with consideration of your business impact on the environment, social strata, and longevity requires a significant investment in commitment, thinking, research, planning, and metrics. A sustainable business plan is not written and placed in an investor binder, never to be consulted again. Instead, it must be referred to continuously as the benchmark for all business decisions. Thus, the commitment, thinking, research, planning, and metrics chain is a constant loop serving as a guide for daily business operations and strategy.
The Corn-Soy biofuel experiment is a recent example of a strategy that gained significant investment, commitment, and publicity but the overall plan demonstrated a low Chess IQ. In retrospect, we see that stop-gaps were not put into place and little consideration seemed to be given to basic economic principles such as supply and demand in the food-fuel cycle, and land use displacement, or what the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) refers to as Indirect Land Use Change – (ILUC).
IUCN’s well produced, animated video leads the viewer along a high Chess IQ path, using the bio food-fuel model as a demonstration. The video takes into consideration efficiency, land use displacement, and distribution – all three considerations are normal business supply-chain considerations. This video is an excellent teaching tool to help people begin to think about development a sustainable approach to biofuel energy solutions.
Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection and Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
BioMass Energy Intro Guide: Great for Your Board, Venture Capitalist Proposal, and Other Investors
The National Wildlife Federation released a free pdf publication entitled “Growing a Green Energy Future: A Primer and Vision for Sustainable Biomass Energy” (March 2010). This full color 40 page publication is an excellent introduction to the Biomass Energy initiatives and industry. It would be an excellent referral publication for board members, venture capitalists, and other investors who are new to the biomass energy industry.
It is appears to be a very honest survey of the industry including an exploration of what I call the “ethanol experiment,” where massive investment and legislation fueled a strong emergence of an alternative fuel source before analysis of the overall economic impact could be assessed.
The publication explains biodiesel (from corn and soybeans), “first generation” biofuels, biomass energy sources including forest or woody biomass, crop biomass, and waste biomass. The publication also proposes sustainable management strategies that include newly developed assessments of overall greenhouse gas costs in producing biomass energy. Read “Growing a Green Energy Future: A Primer and Vision for Sustainable Biomass Energy” by the National Wildlife Federation.
Author: Allison Frederick
Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection & Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
It is appears to be a very honest survey of the industry including an exploration of what I call the “ethanol experiment,” where massive investment and legislation fueled a strong emergence of an alternative fuel source before analysis of the overall economic impact could be assessed.
The publication explains biodiesel (from corn and soybeans), “first generation” biofuels, biomass energy sources including forest or woody biomass, crop biomass, and waste biomass. The publication also proposes sustainable management strategies that include newly developed assessments of overall greenhouse gas costs in producing biomass energy. Read “Growing a Green Energy Future: A Primer and Vision for Sustainable Biomass Energy” by the National Wildlife Federation.
Author: Allison Frederick
Allison Frederick is an Intellectual Property Educator and Innovation Marketing Consultant for GRIPS - GReen Idea Protection & Sales. She offers risk management assessments for renewable energy and green energy technology companies and her company also provides technology companies effective, affordable marketing strategies to produce attractive requests for proposals, investor materials, product manuals, and product promotion materials.
Monday, June 27, 2011
New Look, New Mission
There is a real need for renewable energy and green tech companies to manage not just natural resources but also financial resources committed to intellectual property. This site will give you resources to help you with this task.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Bailey Real Estate: Where Greenpeace & NRA Co-Mingle
Small Mountain Town Review of Bailey, Colorado: Rated "A"
There is one value Greenpeace and NRA members have in common - their love of the outdoors.
They relish the benefits of "getting away from it all" to enjoy the wilderness. They have respect for nature (each in their own way) and understand her power.
Colorado is a unique state in that it attracts everyone who loves the outdoors, no matter their political affiliation or beliefs on the proper "use" of the outdoors. As an incredibly large state, fortunately, there is room for us all.
It is interesting, really, how much a Greenpeace or Sierra Club type person and a hunter or NRA member do have in common. They both have profound respect for how awesome nature is. They both have respect for cycles of life. Now, of course, the conclusions they draw from their love of the outdoors are frequently on opposite ends of the spectrum, but they both come from the same starting point - love of the outdoors.
As a native Coloradan (both an NRA member and a Sierra Club advocate), I am always searching for that little piece of paradise I can call home. I look at cabins for sale and mountain land for sale all the time. I am searching for a piece of property that is secluded enough for me to co-habit with wildlife and hear nothing but humming birds humming and my own breathing. But, as a practical, city-dweller, I do not want property that is so far away from Denver that I rarely visit.
One town, Bailey, Colorado, offers the chance for a part-time mountain dweller to escape from the city and enjoy the mountains on the weekends and on vacations. Located on Highway 285 (same road as Hampden Avenue), the town is a focal point for fishermen, kayakers, hikers, motorcyclists, and even bird watchers.
It is about a 30 minute drive from the western suburbs of Denver and downtown Bailey. Drive another hour beyond downtown Bailey and you'll find yourself in Breckenridge (traveling the back way through Fairplay and Alma -and what is great is that you can go skiing without having to deal with the horrible I-70 weekend traffic). Bailey is centrally located to delve further into the mountains for skiing or hunting, or for driving down to Denver for the day.
Wisely, local, full-time residents keep the benefits of their little mountain jewel to themselves and do not readily advertise that Bailey is one town just beyond the Denver foothills that is feasible for daily commuting to work in Denver, and living daily in the wilderness.
One resident summed it up saying, "I love it up here. Every night after work and on the weekends I just let the pressures of my job in the city lift off my shoulders. The air is clean and it is so quiet."
So what is the real estate in Bailey like? The prices vary greatly - from $150,000 to an easy 2 million. Affordable properties that offer seclusion on well-maintained county roads, with a modern, bright home and acreage are rare and sell quickly.
One such "cabin" home, located on 10 acres with views from every window and southern exposure, is for sale for $450,000. The new owner of this home doesn't have to compromise. With most mountain houses, you have to make a compromise: either you have a lot of trees and no sunlight in the home, or lots of sunlight but no trees. In this spectacular home, you have the best of both worlds: plenty of mature trees but also plenty of sunlight!
If you've been searching for Colorado mountain properties then you know that there seems to be three options. Buy a mountain property with gorgeous land and a dark, run-down old house, buy a beautiful mountain home on a small lot, or pay nearly a million dollars to get both a beautiful house and gorgeous, private land. That is what makes this property so unique. It is affordably priced and has the land and has a beautiful, sunny home. Click here to take a virtual tour of this home.
Skyrocketing energy prices over the last few years have further united naturalists and outdoorsmen. An outdoorsman is attracted to homes and cabins that are off –the- grid, meaning the house has its own energy and water sources and is not dependent upon municipal or outside companies to supply power and services. They like off-the-grid homes because they like being in control and do not want their lives to be subject to the whims of any outside organization.
A naturalist is also interested in self-sufficient houses because the buildings have less impact (footprint) on the land with fewer pipes and poles drilled into the earth to transfer water, sewage, and power from an outlying company.
This home can appeal to both survivalists and naturalists because of the cost-effective, off-the-grid, self-sustaining features. This property for sale has: emergency generator hook up system, 300 gallon water storage reserve system for the well, well water and septic system, house currently runs on propane; however a natural gas line has been installed up to the house, pre-wired alarm security system and Qwest High Speed (OK, more vital to city-dwellers looking for a second home perhaps). With just a few modifications, this home can be completely independent.
When Your Quiet Mountain Getaway is Close Enough to Call Home
As an avid nature lover myself, I do hope that you find your own bit of paradise. Perhaps living in Bailey, Colorado will offer exactly what you are looking for. Perhaps this home nestled in Pike National Forest in the Rocky Mountains will be quiet enough to be your mountain getaway but close enough to call home. Click here to learn more about this property.
There is one value Greenpeace and NRA members have in common - their love of the outdoors.
They relish the benefits of "getting away from it all" to enjoy the wilderness. They have respect for nature (each in their own way) and understand her power.
Colorado is a unique state in that it attracts everyone who loves the outdoors, no matter their political affiliation or beliefs on the proper "use" of the outdoors. As an incredibly large state, fortunately, there is room for us all.
It is interesting, really, how much a Greenpeace or Sierra Club type person and a hunter or NRA member do have in common. They both have profound respect for how awesome nature is. They both have respect for cycles of life. Now, of course, the conclusions they draw from their love of the outdoors are frequently on opposite ends of the spectrum, but they both come from the same starting point - love of the outdoors.
As a native Coloradan (both an NRA member and a Sierra Club advocate), I am always searching for that little piece of paradise I can call home. I look at cabins for sale and mountain land for sale all the time. I am searching for a piece of property that is secluded enough for me to co-habit with wildlife and hear nothing but humming birds humming and my own breathing. But, as a practical, city-dweller, I do not want property that is so far away from Denver that I rarely visit.
One town, Bailey, Colorado, offers the chance for a part-time mountain dweller to escape from the city and enjoy the mountains on the weekends and on vacations. Located on Highway 285 (same road as Hampden Avenue), the town is a focal point for fishermen, kayakers, hikers, motorcyclists, and even bird watchers.
It is about a 30 minute drive from the western suburbs of Denver and downtown Bailey. Drive another hour beyond downtown Bailey and you'll find yourself in Breckenridge (traveling the back way through Fairplay and Alma -and what is great is that you can go skiing without having to deal with the horrible I-70 weekend traffic). Bailey is centrally located to delve further into the mountains for skiing or hunting, or for driving down to Denver for the day.
Wisely, local, full-time residents keep the benefits of their little mountain jewel to themselves and do not readily advertise that Bailey is one town just beyond the Denver foothills that is feasible for daily commuting to work in Denver, and living daily in the wilderness.
One resident summed it up saying, "I love it up here. Every night after work and on the weekends I just let the pressures of my job in the city lift off my shoulders. The air is clean and it is so quiet."
So what is the real estate in Bailey like? The prices vary greatly - from $150,000 to an easy 2 million. Affordable properties that offer seclusion on well-maintained county roads, with a modern, bright home and acreage are rare and sell quickly.
One such "cabin" home, located on 10 acres with views from every window and southern exposure, is for sale for $450,000. The new owner of this home doesn't have to compromise. With most mountain houses, you have to make a compromise: either you have a lot of trees and no sunlight in the home, or lots of sunlight but no trees. In this spectacular home, you have the best of both worlds: plenty of mature trees but also plenty of sunlight!
If you've been searching for Colorado mountain properties then you know that there seems to be three options. Buy a mountain property with gorgeous land and a dark, run-down old house, buy a beautiful mountain home on a small lot, or pay nearly a million dollars to get both a beautiful house and gorgeous, private land. That is what makes this property so unique. It is affordably priced and has the land and has a beautiful, sunny home. Click here to take a virtual tour of this home.
Skyrocketing energy prices over the last few years have further united naturalists and outdoorsmen. An outdoorsman is attracted to homes and cabins that are off –the- grid, meaning the house has its own energy and water sources and is not dependent upon municipal or outside companies to supply power and services. They like off-the-grid homes because they like being in control and do not want their lives to be subject to the whims of any outside organization.
A naturalist is also interested in self-sufficient houses because the buildings have less impact (footprint) on the land with fewer pipes and poles drilled into the earth to transfer water, sewage, and power from an outlying company.
This home can appeal to both survivalists and naturalists because of the cost-effective, off-the-grid, self-sustaining features. This property for sale has: emergency generator hook up system, 300 gallon water storage reserve system for the well, well water and septic system, house currently runs on propane; however a natural gas line has been installed up to the house, pre-wired alarm security system and Qwest High Speed (OK, more vital to city-dwellers looking for a second home perhaps). With just a few modifications, this home can be completely independent.
When Your Quiet Mountain Getaway is Close Enough to Call Home
As an avid nature lover myself, I do hope that you find your own bit of paradise. Perhaps living in Bailey, Colorado will offer exactly what you are looking for. Perhaps this home nestled in Pike National Forest in the Rocky Mountains will be quiet enough to be your mountain getaway but close enough to call home. Click here to learn more about this property.
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