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Plant Breeder's Rights - intro

Plant breeder's rights (PBR) - administered under Australia’s Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 , through the Plant Breeder's Rights Office  at IP Australia - give owners exclusive commercial rights to registered plant varieties.

These rights allow you to:

  • Produce or reproduce plant material
  • Condition plant material for propagation (including cleaning, coating, sorting, packaging and grading)
  • Offer plant material for sale, and sell it
  • Import and export plant material
  • Stock plant material for any of the above purposes

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