Plant Breeders' Rights Office

Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR) are a form of intellectual property rights by which plant breeders can protect their new varieties in the same way an inventor protects a new invention with a patent.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency administers the Plant Breeders' Rights Act (1990) and Regulations which provide legal protection to plant breeders for new plant varieties for up to 18 years.

What information is available?

• Applying for Plant Breeders' Rights - A Three Part Process
  
  • Variety Naming Guidelines
• Plant Varieties Journal
• Status of Plant Breeders' Rights Applications and Grant of Rights
• Questions and Answers: The Impact of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Conventions on Plant Breeders' Rights in Canada
• Related information
  • Plant Biosafety
  • Variety Registration
  • UPOV (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) - Member countries