DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
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Allows breeder to recover the costs of research and development by obtaining exclusive marketing rights
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Requires the plant variety be uniform, stable and distinct from all other varieties
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Allows the patenting of asexually reproduced cultivars
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Provides owner of new plant cultivar with exclusive marketing rights in the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -Acts done for experimental purposes: The breeder’s right does not extend to the use of a protected variety for experimental purposes. This means that a researcher or scientist can conduct studies on a protected variety, and publish results of those investigations, without seeking authorization from the right’s holder.
Detailed explanation-2: -(5) Patents shall not be granted in respect of essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals. In this Act an “essentially biologically process” means a process consisting entirely of natural phenomena such as crossing or selection.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rights under the Act Breeders’ Rights : Breeders will have exclusive rights to produce, sell, market, distribute, import or export the protected variety. Breeder can appoint agent/ licensee and may exercise for civil remedy in case of infringement of rights.