ASIPI: Plant variety protection in Brazil

The Brazilian legal system is facing an unprecedented intellectual property dispute between two of the largest cellulose companies in Brazil. For the first time since Brazil became a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), and then adopted the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Act, we are seeing a lawsuit covering the enforcement and potential infringement of rights related to a protected variety of eucalyptus.