Plant Varieties and Cultivar Protection

The plant varieties are protected in the Brazilian territory by means of a specific registration at the Cultivar National Protection Service (SNPC) of the agricultural Ministry. This registration is peculiar and the protection suffers limitations related to the replanting and commercialization of seeds and vegetal parts.

The law firm VAZ E DIAS ADVOGADOS & ASSOCIADOS supports the businessmen in the preparation of filing, payment of official fees, filing of plant variety for registration and leading the administrative proceedings of national and international protection for the plant variety. Such services encompass the availability search for registration of the varieties and legal report on violation of the registration obtained at the SNPC.

Specific services rendered by VAZ E DIAS ADVOGADOS & ASSOCIADOS encompass the elaboration of legal opinions and the tailoring of strategies to strengthen the protection of plant varieties in Brazil, including the prohibition and restriction of replanting and commercialization of varieties by farmers. For those varieties not registered or that do not fulfill the protection requirements, including the hybrids, it is always sought new forms of protection, such as trade secrets.