Protection Of New Plant Varieties

Cap. 255 · Revised Edition 2020 · 53 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Administration
s. 4Examination of Register
s. 5Criteria for protection
s. 6Novelty
s. 7Distinctness
s. 8Homogeneity
s. 9Stability
s. 10Right to apply for protection
s. 11Presumption of title
s. 12Application by person other than owner
s. 13Persons entitled to file applications
s. 14Agents
s. 15Assignment and transfer
s. 16Joint applicants and joint holders of rights
s. 17Scope of breeder’s right
s. 18Exceptions to breeder’s right
s. 19Exhaustion of breeder’s right
s. 20Maintenance of propagating material
s. 21Period of protection
s. 22Renewal fees
s. 23Termination of protection
s. 24Invalidation
s. 25Forfeiture
s. 26Procedure in cases of requests for invalidation
s. 27Procedure for forfeiture of breeder’s right
s. 28Application
s. 29Priority
s. 30Documents and material to be furnished for priority
s. 31Where application is not in English
s. 32Application and procedure for variety denomination
s. 33Use of the variety denomination
s. 34Prior rights of third parties
s. 35Cancellation of a registered variety denomination
s. 36Filing date
s. 37Formal examination of application
s. 38Examination of novelty, distinctiveness, etc
s. 39Grant and refusal of breeder’s right
s. 40Provisional protection
s. 41Opposition
s. 42Proceedings before the Office
s. 43Appeals
s. 44Civil proceedings
s. 45Criminal liability for non-compliance or misuse of variety denomination
s. 46Licence contracts
s. 47Right of licensor to grant further licences or to exploit the variety
s. 48Non-assignability of licences
s. 49Certain clauses in contract void
s. 50Licences of right
s. 51Compulsory licences
s. 52Legal proceedings by licensee
s. 53Regulations