General Court decision doesn't fall far from the Board of Appeal's tree on validity of apple plant variety rights

The owners of the plant variety rights (PVRs) for 'Cripps Pink' and 'Cripps Red' might be as flushed as their apples at the moment, following this week's decision from the EU General Court which confirmed that the latest challenge to the validity of the PVRs must go ahead. By its decision in Case T‑159/24, the General Court rejected every point of appeal that was put