We support an application for the Variety Registration based on The Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act.
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What are the requirements for variety registration?

To receive a seed variety registration based on the law requires the following:
@Distinctness
The variety is clearly distinguishable, by at least one of its expressions of the characteristics, from any other variety whose existence is a matter of common knowledge in Japan or in any foreign state at the time of the filing of the application for variety registration.
AUniformity
All of the plants of the variety at the same propagation stage are sufficiently similar in all of its expressions of the characteristics.
BStability
All of the expression of the characteristics of the variety remain unchanged after repeated propagation.
CSuitability of denomination
A variety may not be registered, if the denomination of the variety pertaining to the application for variety registration (hereinafter referred to as "applied variety") falls under any of the following items:
(i) where there is more than one denomination for the applied variety;
(ii) where the denomination is identical or similar to a registered trademark pertaining to the propagating material of the applied variety or a registered trademark pertaining to goods similar to the said propagating material;
(iii) where the denomination is identical or similar to a registered trademark pertaining to services relating to the propagating material of the applied variety or goods similar to the said propagating material;
(iv) where the denomination is likely to cause misidentification of the applied variety or confusion in respect of its identification.
DNovelty
A variety may not be registered when the propagating material or harvested material of the variety have been transferred in the course of business, in Japan earlier than one year before the date of application for variety registration, or in any foreign state earlier than four years before the said date (or earlier than six years in the case of varieties belonging to a genus or species of agricultural, forestry or aquatic plant specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as a perennial plant).
However, this shall not apply where such a transfer was made for the purpose of experiment or research, or where such a transfer was made against the will of the breeder.

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