April 25, 1997

Law 9,456/97

Plant Variety Protection

Enacts protection for new plant varieties and for essentially derived varieties, granting the breeder a sui generis right exercised before the Brazilian Plant Variety Office (SNPC).

Plant Variety Protection

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Sui generis system: not a patent
15-year protection (18 for vines and fruit trees)
Compatible with the UPOV Convention

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