CAIRO, EGYPT – Three Egyptian courts have issued injunctions against four Egyptian growers, urging court-appointed experts to remove unauthorized Sugrathirteen vines from infringing farms. I have ordered samples and other evidence to be collected. Three economic courts in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta have confirmed Egyptian Plant Variety Rights (PVRs) for important American-grown black seedless grape varieties.
The Sugrathirteen table grape variety is owned by Sun World International, LLC. (Sun World) is a global fruit genetics, licensing and technology company whose fruits are sold globally under his MIDNIGHT BEAUTY® brand and other popular fruit brands. The California-based company has a longstanding business of developing proprietary plant varieties and licensing them to growers around the world, including farmers in Egypt who earn a premium for growing Sun World’s superior varieties. going.
Despite Sunworld’s PVR registration in Egypt, some unauthorized farmers have been found to be growing Sunworld varieties, violating Egypt’s PVR and criminal law and allowing permitted production. of the Egyptian table grape export market. According to Michael Stimson, Sun World’s vice president of intellectual property and general counsel, “the company is committed to exercising its rights against these infringers to the fullest extent possible and seeking damages from illegal production and past infringements.” I will try to stop it.”
Sun World offers Sugrathirteen grapes to growers interested in planting the Sugrathirteen black seedless table grape cultivar, marketed under the MIDNIGHT BEAUTY® brand and sometimes illegally marketed as BLACK MAGIC to growers in Egypt. breeding under it and obtaining a license to sell the fruit under it. MIDNIGHT BEAUTY® certified brand. Licensed growers are welcomed as part of the grape growing community that respects Egyptian law, avoiding criminal prosecution and civil liability.
To contact us, email Michael Stimson: mstimson@sun-world.com.
Sun World is a global variety development and licensing business with a mission to facilitate the growth of fruit breeding, variety development and licensing. The California-based company has a network of licensed growers and marketers and maintains offices in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America, Israel, North Africa, and South Africa. For more information about Sun World, please visit www.sun-world.com.
