Anna Degtyareva

Anna Degtyareva, Olga Kotsyubalska, and Arman Sauganbayev of Gorodissky & Partners provide a comparative analysis for the protection of plant and animal varieties and breeding materials through patents granted for selection achievements in their respective jurisdictions.

On 1 September 2023, Decree of the Government of Russia No. 754 dated 16 May 2023 On Approval of the Rules for the Localisation of Agricultural Plant Seed Production in the Russian Federation (hereinafter the “Decree” / the “new Rules”) came into force. The new Rules were developed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (hereinafter the “Ministry of Agriculture”); they regulate the organisation of production of agricultural plant seeds (hereinafter also the “seeds”), including plant varieties protected as selection achievements, in Russia.