Plant Variety Rights. Protecting new plant varieties.
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How to check for existing plant variety rights

It pays to check if your plant variety is original before you apply for a variety right or before you market your variety:

  • There is no point in applying for plant variety right registration if it is not original or may be seen as similar to a registered plant variety right;
  • Once the application has been validated by the Office, the applicant can take legal action against anyone trying to market an identical variety.

 

How can I check that my variety is new?

Start by searching the New Zealand Plant Variety Rights database of New Zealand Plant Variety Rights.

Please see our guide to online searching of the PVR register for further information.
 

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Last updated 8 December 2012