Safeguard your plant breeders’ rights

Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) give you exclusive commercial rights for a registered plant variety. This allows you to produce, condition, sell, import, export and stock the plant material.

To access these rights, you’ll need to apply through IP Australia to register your plant variety under Plant Breeders’ Rights. Registering a plant variety is a complex and technical process, so it’s a good idea to have a lawyer help you through it.

Our fixed-fee packages for Plant Breeders' Rights start at $2,000 + GST.

As part of this package, we’ll apply to IP Australia to register your plant variety through Plant Breeders’ Rights.

This includes an initial consultation with a Sprintlaw lawyer to make sure you have all the information needed to proceed with the application.

The application process includes:

• applying to IP Australia
• identifying an appropriate Qualified Person (QP) to assist with growing trials
• if your initial application is successful, and a growing trial has been completed with the assistance of a Qualified Person, helping you apply to IP Australia for full PBR protection (20 years for most plant species, and 25 years for vines and trees)

This package also includes complimentary monitoring of your PBR application up until registration. If IP Australia raises any issues during examination of your application, we will provide a free consultation about the issue and, if any substantial action is required, we may provide a fixed-fee quote.

Please note: additional plant varieties cost $1400 + GST per variety.

We handle everything by phone, email and video call, so you never need to visit an office. Once you request a quote, one of our legally trained consultants will get back to you within one business day with a fixed-fee proposal. If you accept, we will pair you with a specialist lawyer who will guide you through the process. All documents are delivered digitally, and you can communicate with your lawyer in the way that suits you best. It is the same quality legal advice you would get from a traditional firm, just without the commute, hourly billing surprises or the formality.