Professional paper

Intelectual Property Rights, Plant Breeding and Nursery Practice

Petar Vrgoč ; Hrvatske šume Šumarija Krk

Abstract

The term Cultivar is an abbreviation of the English words cultivated and variety. A Cultivar is the result of plant breeding. In the history of man numerous Cultivars have been created of cereal grains, fruit, vegetables, industrial plants, ornamental plants and forest trees. New products or new Cultivars are sold on the market for profit. Protection of the Cultivar as intellectual property ensures a part of the profit goes to the innovator, i.e. the plant breeder. A Cultivar can be in the form of a clone or in the form of improved seed, and therefore two characteristic strategies are deployed: protection of the intellectual ownership of the plant breeder (Plant Breeder’s Right, PBR) and protection of the commercial name (Trade Mark, TM).

Keywords

Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO); Cultivar; intellectual ownership; nursery plant production; PBR (Plant Breeder’s Right); plant breeding; Plant Patent Act; Trade Mark; UPOV

Hrčak ID:

48381

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48381

Publication date:

28.2.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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