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Copyright on plants?
I just bought a heather today, and noticed on the label the phrase "this
plant may not be propogated without permission" Is this a copyright thing? Is it enforcable? What if the flowers produce seeds? Will the supplier come around and sue my plant? Bob |
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Copyright on plants?
Bob Smith24/3/04 3:18
I just bought a heather today, and noticed on the label the phrase "this plant may not be propogated without permission" Is this a copyright thing? Is it enforcable? What if the flowers produce seeds? Will the supplier come around and sue my plant? Bob It's Plant Breeder's Rights. I don't think you need to worry about it as a private gardener. While absolutely strictly you shouldn't propagate the plant, those Rights are to protect the breeder from commercial developers growing plants in their thousands, not the amateur giving a small cutting to a few friends. And of course, the latter is not enforceable while the former certainly is. Quite a lot of money can be involved so it's in the breeder's interests to enforce PBR if he finds a commercial nursery transgressing them. It happened to my husband and his agent was on to it quite quickly, I can tell you! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Copyright on plants?
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:33:53 +0000, Sacha
wrote: Bob Smith24/3/04 3:18 I just bought a heather today, and noticed on the label the phrase "this plant may not be propogated without permission" Is this a copyright thing? Is it enforcable? What if the flowers produce seeds? Will the supplier come around and sue my plant? Bob It's Plant Breeder's Rights. I don't think you need to worry about it as a private gardener. While absolutely strictly you shouldn't propagate the plant, those Rights are to protect the breeder from commercial developers growing plants in their thousands, not the amateur giving a small cutting to a few friends. And of course, the latter is not enforceable while the former certainly is. Quite a lot of money can be involved so it's in the breeder's interests to enforce PBR if he finds a commercial nursery transgressing them. It happened to my husband and his agent was on to it quite quickly, I can tell you! It's one of the main issues of Monsanto's GM products. |
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