French rights owners from the public and private sectors created an organization intended to protect and to manage cost-effectively vegetal variety rights. SICASOV : the "Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Agricole des Sélectionneurs Obtenteurs de Variétés Végétales" was born. It replaced the CGLV, "Caisse de Gestion des Licences Végétales" which was created in 1948.
The activity was limited to France in the early stages but eventually spread to every country where vegetal varieties are protected by law, or where patenting of biotechnology inventions exists.
SICASOV on French territory the majority of protected vegetal varieties meant for large-scale cultivation, produced under license. The company controls as well the rights of horticultural, fruit-growing, forest and flower species.
SICASOV has also developed an expertise in the field of patent transfers, regarding plants improvement and genetically modified organisms. The organization manages a large number of patent rights in Europe and worldwide. SICASOV operates especially in countries where there is no structure dedicated to such activities.
| Species | Varieties |
| Cereals | 1,503 |
| Maize + sorghum | 47 |
| Fodder | 376 |
| Protein crops | 160 |
| Oil crops – Fiber crops | 738 |
| Patatoes | 426 |
| Vegetables – Small fruits | 443 |
| Vines | 9 |
| Fruit trees – Ornamental shrubs | 766 |
| Flowers | 206 |
| (Patents – Known-how : about 600 concerned varieties) | |
| Products managed |
| Beet |
| Cereals : Wheat, barley, Oats, Rye, Rice, Buck wheat |
| Fooder : graminaceous & grasses fooder, vegetables & crucifers fooder |
| Protein seeds : protein peas, broad bean, lupin |
| Oil crops : colza, sunflowey, soja, mustard, flax |
| Linen fiber |
| Maize & sorghum |
| Patatoes |
| Garlic, shallot, asperagus, chicory, cabbage, bean, lentil, tomato... |
| Small fruits : strawberry plant, raspberry bush, blackcurrant bush |
| Mushrooms |
| Flowers : pelargonium, chrysanthemum, bulb |
| Fruit trees : poot-stocks et fruit varieties (abricot tree, almond tree, peach tree, apple tree... ) |
| Arbres forestiers |
| Ornamental shrubs : forsythia, weigela... |
| Vine plants : poot-stocks et table & tun varieties |
| Hybrid parental lines |
| Know-how |
| Registred trademarks |