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PVR Technical Note – Varieties of Common Knowledge

8 November 2011

The Plant Variety Rights Act requires that for a grant of Rights, a variety must be determined sufficiently distinct from all other varieties whose existence was a matter of common knowledge at the time the application was made.

A new technical note about the identification and use of varieties of common knowledge is now available.

Read the Varieties of Common Knowledge: Identification and Usage technical note
 

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