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• The variety must be novel (new) and thus
have not been sold or disposed of without
the consent of the breeder.
• The variety must be distinct, meaning that
it is clearly distinguishable from any other
variety whose existence is a matter of
common knowledge at the time of the filing
of the application.
• The variety must be uniform in its relevant
characteristics.
• The variety must be stable, meaning that
the relevant characteristics must remain
unchanged after repeated propagation.
All plant genera and species are protectable
under the Plant Varieties Protection Order,
2015. As protection is territorial, a plant variety
registered with BruIPO is only protected in
Brunei. Therefore, applicants will need to file
directly at the foreign Intellectual Property
Office of the jurisdiction where they intend to
protect their plant variety.
Memorandum of Cooperation
between ASEAN and Korean
Intellectual Property Office
On March 27, 2018, the heads of ASEAN
intellectual property offices – including from
Brunei – and the Korean Intellectual Property
Office (KIPO) signed a Memorandum of
Cooperation (MoC).
The agreement was for the establishment of an
institutional framework for structured coopera-
tion towards promoting the development of IP
systems of the parties as well as strengthening
bilateral exchange and cooperation in the field
of intellectual property.
The MoC was the result of discussions between
the KIPO and the ASEAN Working Group on
Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) on
ASEAN IP Rights Action Plan 2016-2025.
It is designed to meet the goals of the ASEAN
Economic Community (AEC) by transforming
ASEAN into an innovative and competitive
region through the use of intellectual property
and ensuring that the region remains an active
player in the international IP community.
The ARISE+IPR project was launched on
March 30, 2017 as its 1
st
Sub-Project Steering
Committee Meeting held at the Design and
Technology Building in Anggerek Desa.
The project sees the European Union (EU)
partnering with ASEAN member countries to
further regional integration through enhanced
management, protection and enforcement
of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), a press
release from the EU Intellectual Property Office
(EUIPO) explained.
Funded by the EU, the EUR5.5 million ARISE+IPR
programme is being implemented by EUIPO, an
EU agency based in Alicante, Spain.
Through close cooperation with ASEANmember
countries and the private sector in the next five
years, the project aims to create a robust IPR
Jerome Pons, Head of Operations Section and Co-Chair of the Arise + IPR Project Steering Committee
and EU delegation to Thailand, delivers his remarks during the launch