Welcome to the official Australian site for Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR).Varieties protected by PBR may only be produced for sale, sold, imported, exported or conditioned with the authority of the owner.

For more information on administrative changes, please see our What's New Item

About Plant Breeder's Rights

• About Plant Breeder's Rights
• About the Plant Breeder's Rights Scheme
• Frequently Asked Questions about Plant Breeder’s Rights
• What constitutes a sale under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994?
• Naming a new plant variety
• Industry Guidelines for Labelling
• Customer Service Charter Service Level Commitments
• About Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS)

Databases and Journals

• Plant Varieties Journal
• PBR Database Search (URL updated 27 May 2006 - please update bookmark)
• Interactive Variety Description System (IVDS) (URL updated 27 May 2006 - please update bookmark)

Resources

• Contact Plant Breeder's Rights
• Forms
• Fees
• PBR Logo
• Intellectual Property for Plants and Plant Materials
• Protecting your plant variety overseas
• Useful Links

Plant Breeder’s Rights Examples

• CSIRO – ‘Bollgard II’ cotton
• Seed Genetics Australia - Lucerne and White Clover
• Cleggett Wines – ‘Shalistin’ (white cabernet sauvignon)
• CSIRO – ‘Drysdale’
• Fleming’s Nurseries – ‘Zee Sweet’ program
• InterGrain – ‘Bonnie Rock’
• Lilia Weatherly – ‘Pink Iceberg’
• SARDI – ‘Angel’

Reference

• Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
• Qualified Person
• Advisory Committee
• International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
• Report of the Expert Panel on Breeding
• Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture: Understanding PBR Website
• Assessment framework for requests to extend the duration of PBR protection