Topic summary
Plant variety rights
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Plant breeders' rights.
Plant breeders' rights (PBR), also known as plant variety rights (PVR), are rights granted in certain places to the breeder of a new variety of plant that give the breeder exclusive control over the propagating material (including seed, cuttings, divisions, tissue culture) and harvested material (cut flowers, fruit, foliage) of a new variety for a number of years. The system of plant breeders' rights is considered a sui generis form of intellectual property rights.