Plant Variety’ Rights (PVR)

Plant Variety Rights (PBR) provide a legal defence for a plant variety similar to a plant patent (PBR). The Plant Patent Act makes it possible for new varieties of asexually reproducing plants to receive patent protection. For this programme, a plant variety must be different and one of a kind, with information on how it was developed, found, or reproduced. The Indian government introduced the Plant Variety Protection and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Act in 2001.

The period during which a registered variety is protected varies depending on the plant. For example, trees and vines are protected for 18 years after the variety’s registration, existing varieties are protected for 15 years after the Central Government notifies the public of the variety under the Seed Act of 1966, and other crops are protected for 15 years after the variety’s registration.

Plant Variety Rights (PVR) give the applicant an exclusive commercial license to use brand new or distinctly unique types of plants they create. This includes rights to distribution, sales, royalties, and production of said plant variety.