Plant Variety Protection Act, 1970 [PVPA] Law and Legal Definition
The Plant Variety Protection Act of 1970 (PVPA), is an intellectual property statute in the U.S. In order to be eligible for a certificate under the PVPA, a plant variety must satisfy four requirements:
1.Novelty
2.Distinctiveness
3.Uniformity
4.Stability
A plant variety certificate under the Act, gives a breeder the right to exclude others from selling the variety, or offering it for sale, or reproducing it, or importing it, or exporting it, or using it in producing a hybrid or different variety.
For example, the federal statute states that the use and reproduction of a protected variety for plant breeding or other bona fide research shall not constitute an infringement of the protection provided under this Act. [7 USCS § 2544]
Legal Definition list
- Plant Quarantine Act
- Plant Protection Act
- Plant Product
- Plant Pest
- Plant Patent Act of 1930
- Plant Variety Protection Act, 1970 [PVPA]
- Plant-Referenced Simulator [Energy]
- Planted Evidence
- Plastic Explosive
- Plat
- Plat Map
