{"id":96,"count":5,"description":"The term Plant Varieties was created in the late nineteenth century in Europe to determine different plants with certain specific characteristics, obtained from the process of selection and breeding. With the growth in use, the need for regulation has arisen that allows its creator to invest financially in the area and obtain the expected return.\r\n\r\nIn Brazil, plant varieties are eligible for protection by Intellectual Property rights, in accordance with Plant Variety Protection Law No. 9,456\/97 (based on the provisions of the 1978 Act issued by UPOV - The International Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties).\r\n<strong>\u201cLaw no. 9,456 of April 25, 1997, regulated by Decree no. 2,366 of November 05, 1997 (...) aims to protect new plant varieties that are distinguishable from other plant varieties and vegetable species by a minimal set of morphological, physiological, biochemical or molecular features that are genetically inherited.\u00a0 These features, known as descriptors, must be shown to be homogeneous and stable through successive generations.\u00a0 The filing of a Plant Variety Protection application, which includes both new and essentially derived plant varieties, is processed at the National Service of Plant Variety Protection \u2013 SNPC, an agency within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA).\u00a0 This protection should not be confused with the registration of plant varieties, which is also carried out by the MAPA, said registration being necessary so that seeds and seedlings can be grown and sold commercially, independently of the exclusivity rights, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 10,711 of August 05, 2003.\u201d<\/strong>\r\nMaur\u00edcio Teixeira Desiderio da Silva\r\nIndustrial Property Agent\r\nThe Dannemann Siemsen firm has a team of professionals specialized in Plant Varieties, and offers advice on all aspects. We offer the following services:\r\n\r\n    Consultancy on the protection of plant varieties \r\n    Searches on infringement\/matter\/equivalence related to plant varieties \r\n    Filing and tracking of applications for protection of plant varieties at the National Plant Variety Protection Service (SNPC) \r\n    Registration for the marketing of plant varieties with the National Register of Plant Varieties (RNC) \r\n    Inspection services for third parties on the registrations of plant varieties and\/or certificates of protection granted for plant varieties \r\n    Payment of annuities \r\n    Preparation of oppositions.\u00a0\r\n\r\nThe firm\u2019s activities have international scope due its network of associate offices around the world.\r\n\u00a0\r\n","link":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/library\/category\/plant-variety\/","name":"Plant Variety","slug":"plant-variety","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/ids.org.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}