Protection of New plants
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT
VARIETIES ACT
ChAPTER 82:75
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT
VARIETIES ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTIOn
PART I
PRELImInARy
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation and administration.
PART II
PLAnT BREEDER’S RIGhTS
3. The breeder’s rights.
4. Novelty.
5. Distinctness.
6. Homogeneity.
7. Stability.
8. List of genera and species to which this Act applies.
PART III
EnTITLEmEnT TO PROTECTIOn
9. Right to apply protection.
10. Presumption of title.
11. Application by person other than owner.
12. Persons entitled to file applications.
PART IV
ASSIGnmEnT AnD TRAnSFER OF ThE APPLICATIOn
OR OF ThE PLAnT BREEDER’S RIGhT
13. Assignment and transfer.
14. Joint applicants and joint holders of rights.
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS—Continued
SECTIOn
PART V
SCOPE AnD DuRATIOn OF ThE
BREEDER’S RIGhT
15. Scope of the Breeder’s Right.
16. Maintenance of propagating material.
17. Period of protection.
18. Renewal fees.
PART VI
TERmInATIOn, AnnuLmEnT AnD FORFEITuRE
19. Termination of protection; annulment and forfeiture of rights.
PART VII
PROCEDuRES BEFORE ThE OFFICE
20. Application.
21. Priority.
22. Documents and material to be furnished for priority.
23. Application to be in English.
PART VIII
VARIETy DEnOmInATIOn
24. Application and procedure for variety denomination.
25. Publication.
26. Use of the variety denomination.
27. Prior rights of third parties.
28. Cancellation of a registered variety denomination.
29. Filing date.
PART IX
EXAmInATIOn OF ThE APPLICATIOn
30. Formal examination of application; consequences of defects.
31. Examination of novelty, distinctness, homogeneity and stability.
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SECTIOn
PART X
OPPOSITIOn
32. Opposition.
PART XI
PROCEDuRE In CASES OF REquESTS FOR
AnnuLmEnT AnD FORFEITuRE
33. Procedure in cases of requests for annulment.
34. Procedure for forfeiture of a plant breeder’s right.
PART XII
RuLES On ThE PROCEEDInGS BEFORE
ThE OFFICE
35. Proceedings before the Office.
PART XIII
APPEALS AnD EnFORCEmEnT
PROCEEDInGS
36. Appeal.
37. Civil proceedings.
38. Criminal liability for non-compliance or misuse of variety
denomination.
PART XIV
LICEnCES AnD LEGAL PROCEEDInGS
By LICEnSEE
39. Licence contracts.
40. Rights of licensor to grant further licences or to exploit the variety.
41. Non-assignability of licences.
42. Certain clauses in contract void.
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS—Continued
SECTIOn
43. Licences of Right.
44. Compulsory Licences.
45. Legal proceedings by licensees.
PART XV
REGuLATIOnS AnD REGISTER
46. Regulations.
47. Register.
48. Examination of Register.
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7 of 1997.
Commencement.
[257/1997].
Short title.
Interpretation
and
administration.
Ch. 82:76.
Ch. 4:01.
Ch. 82:76.
ChAPTER 82:75
PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT
An Act to provide for the protection of new varieties of plants
and for matters incidental thereto.
[1ST DECEMBER 1997]
PART I
PRELImInARy
1. This Act may be cited as the Protection of New Plant
Varieties Act.
2. (1) For the purposes of this Act—
“applicant” means the person who has filed an application for the
grant of a breeder’s right;
“Authority of a Contracting Party” means the Authority entrusted
with the implementation of the law on the protection of new
varieties of plants for that Party;
“breeder” means the person who has bred, or discovered and
developed, a variety;
“Contracting Party” means a State other than Trinidad and Tobago
or intergovernmental organisation party to the Convention;
“Controller” means the Controller of the Intellectual Property
Office appointed under section 3(2) of the Patents Act;
“Convention” means the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants 1978 and 1991;
“Court” means the High Court established by the Supreme Court
of Judicature Act;
“holder” means the holder of a breeder’s right;
“Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for legal
affairs is assigned;
“Office” means the Intellectual Property Office established under
section 3(1) of the Patents Act;
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The breeder’s
rights.
[18 of 2000].
“periodical” includes the Gazette, daily newspapers circulating in
Trinidad and Tobago or other publication issued by the
Intellectual Property Office;
“protected variety” means any variety that is the subject of a
breeder’s right;
“Register” means the book, file, document or other instrument in
which certain facts are required to be recorded in
accordance with section 47;
“variety” means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon
of the lowest known rank, which grouping, irrespective of
whether the conditions for the grant of a Breeder’s Right are
fully met, can be—
(a) defined by the expression of the characteristics
resulting from a given genotype or combination
of genotypes;
(b) distinguished from any other plant grouping by
the expression of at least one of the said
characteristics; and
(c) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability
for being propagated unchanged.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the Office shall be
responsible for all matters concerning the administration of this Act.
PART II
PLAnT BREEDER’S RIGhTS
3. Subject to this section and any other formal requirements
of this Act, a right to be known as a plant breeder’s rights shall be
granted in respect of plant varieties of those genera or species
listed in the Schedule, where the variety is—
(a) new;
(b) distinct;
(c) homogenous;
(d) stable; and
(e) given a variety denomination which is
acceptable for registration in accordance with
section 24.
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4. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a variety shall be
considered new, where the variety itself has not been offered for
sale or marketed with the approval of the breeder or his successor
in title—
(a) in Trinidad and Tobago, for longer than one year
before the date on which protection is applied
for under this Act; and
(b) abroad for longer than four years, before the
effective national filing date.
(2) In the case of vines, forest trees, fruit trees and
ornamental trees, including their root stocks, the fact that the
variety itself may have been offered for sale or marketed abroad
for up to six years before the effective national filing date, shall
not be considered detrimental to its novelty.
(3) It shall not be considered detrimental to the novelty
of a variety if that variety has been offered for sale or marketed
in the country with the approval of its breeder or his successor in
title, for up to four years prior to the inclusion of the genus or
species to which the variety belongs in the List of Genera and
Species published pursuant to section 8 and for a maximum of six
months after such inclusion where the application is filed within
that six-month period.
5. (1) The variety is distinct if it is clearly distinguishable
from any other variety whose existence is a matter of common
knowledge at the time of the filing of the application or where
relevant, at the priority date identified under section 21.
(2) Common knowledge may be established by
reference to various factors such as the exploitation of the variety
already in progress, grant of a breeder’s right in the variety, entry
of the variety in a catalogue of varieties admitted to trade or entry
in the register of varieties kept by a recognised professional
association, or inclusion of the variety in a reference collection.
(3) The filing, in any state, of an application for a
breeder’s right, or for entry in a catalogue of varieties admitted to
trade, shall be deemed to render the variety being the subject of the
Novelty.
Distinctness.
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Homogeneity.
Stability.
List of genera
and species to
which this Act
applies.
Right to apply
protection.
application a matter of common knowledge from the date of the
application, provided that the application leads to the grant of the
plant breeder’s right or the entry in the catalogue, as the case
may be.
6. The variety shall be considered homogeneous if its plants
show the same expression of the characteristics, subject to the
variation which may be expected in view of the particular
features of its sexual reproduction, or vegetative propagation.
7. The variety is stable if its relevant characteristics remain
unchanged after repeated propagation or, in the case of a
particular cycle of propagation, at the end of each such cycle.
8. (1) The Minister may by Order, subject to subsection (2),
publish a list of those genera and species to which this Act applies
and may also amend such list by adding new genera or species to
it, modifying the names of the genera or species already published
or by deleting such names, with effect from any prospective date
specified in the Order.
(2) In compiling the list of genera or species, the
Minister may exclude all varieties of that genus or species which
are not characterised by a particular manner of reproduction or
multiplication or by a certain end-use.
(3) Where a genus or species is deleted from the list of
genera and species to which this Act applies with effect from a
given date, the deletion shall not affect the rights of applicants
who have filed applications for the protection of varieties of that
genus or species before that date.
PART III
EnTITLEmEnT TO PROTECTIOn
9. (1) Subject to this Part, the breeder of the variety or his
successor in title is entitled to apply for protection under this Act.
(2) The breeder or his successor in title may be a natural
or a legal person.
(3) Where two or more persons have bred, or discovered
and developed, a variety jointly, entitlement to protection shall
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Presumption of
title.
Application by
person other
than owner.
Persons entitled
to file
applications.
vest in them jointly, and subject to any agreement to the contrary
between the joint breeders, their shares in the property of the
breeder’s rights shall be equal.
(4) Where a variety has been bred, or discovered and
developed, by several persons independently of each other, the
entitlement to apply for the grant of the breeder’s right belongs to
the person who has first applied for protection or filed an
application with an earlier priority date at the Office.
(5) Where a variety has been bred or discovered and
developed, in execution of a commission or an employment
contract, the entitlement to apply for protection shall belong in
the absence of contractual provisions to the contrary, to the
person who commissioned the work or to the employer.
10. The applicant shall be considered entitled to protection,
in the absence of proof to the contrary, but where the application
is made by a successor in title, it shall be accompanied by
sufficient proof of succession.
11. (1) Where an application is filed by a person who is not
entitled to protection, the person entitled, may bring an action
before the Court for the assignment of the application to him or
if the application is already granted, for the assignment of the
plant breeder’s right.
(2) The action shall be statute barred after five years
from publication of the grant of the plant breeder’s right, save
that an action brought against a defendant who has acted in bad
faith shall not be subject to any limitation period.
12. (1) An application for the grant of a plant breeder’s right
may be filed by the owner of the variety who is a—
(a) national or resident of Trinidad and Tobago;
(b) national or resident of a Contracting Party;
(c) national or resident of any State which, without
being a Contracting Party grants reciprocity of
treatment to Trinidad and Tobago.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), “national”
means where the Contracting Party is a State, the nationals of that
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Assignment and
transfer.
Joint applicants
and joint holders
of rights.
State and where the contracting Party is an intergovernmental
organisation, the nationals of the States that are members of
that organisation.
(3) Any person having neither residence nor registered
office in Trinidad and Tobago may be party to an action instituted
pursuant to this Act and assert rights deriving therefrom only if
he has an agent resident or with an office in the country.
(4) The Agent shall be given the power to act on his
principal’s behalf before the office and in legal proceedings
relating to the protection of new varieties of plant.
(5) For the purpose of instituting legal proceedings by
or against any person represented in the manner defined in
subsection (3), the place which the Office identifies as the
address of the representative, or where there are several
representatives, the address of the main representative, or
representative first designated, is deemed to be the place where
the right in the variety is located.
PART IV
ASSIGnmEnT AnD TRAnSFER OF ThE
APPLICATIOn OR OF ThE PLAnT BREEDER’S RIGhT
13. (1) An application for the grant of a plant and a plant
breeder’s right may be assigned or may otherwise be transferred.
(2) The assignment or transfer shall be in writing and
shall be signed by the parties.
(3) An assignment or transfer shall be registered in the
Register on request and on payment of the prescribed fee.
(4) No assignment or transfer to a successor in title shall
have effect against a third party until after such registration.
14. (1) Where there are two or more applicants for the grant
of a plant breeder’s right or where there are two or more holders
of such a right in any protected variety, in the absence of any
agreement to the contrary, each applicant or holder may separately
transfer his shares, or exploit the variety as the case may be, or
subject to this Act, exclude others from exploiting it.
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Scope of the
breeder’s right.
Maintenance of
propagating
material.
(2) In the case of the grant of an exclusive licence
however, the holders of the plant breeder’s licence may only jointly
grant an exclusive licence to a third party to exploit the variety.
PART V
SCOPE AnD DuRATIOn OF ThE BREEDER’S RIGhT
15. (1) The effect of the plant breeder’s right is that the prior
authorisation of the holder of that right shall be required for—
(a) the production for purposes of commercial
marketing;
(b) the offering for sale; or
(c) the marketing,
of the reproductive or vegetative propagating material, as such,
of the variety.
(2) In the case of an ornamental variety, prior
authorisation of the holder of that right shall also be required
where plants of the protected variety or parts thereof, normally
marketed for purposes other than propagation, are used
commercially as propagating material in the production of
ornamental plants or cut flowers of that variety.
(3) Authorisation by the holder of the plant breeder’s
right shall not be required for the utilisation of the variety
protected by that right, as an initial source of variation for the
purpose of creating other varieties or for the marketing of such
other varieties, but shall, however, be required when the repeated
use of the variety protected by a plant breeder’s right is necessary
for the commercial production of another variety.
16. (1) The holder of a plant breeder’s right shall be under
an obligation to provide the Office with propagating material
capable of producing plants which correspond to the
characteristics defined for the variety when the right was granted,
throughout the period for which the right is exercisable.
(2) The holder of a plant breeder’s right shall also provide
the Office with all such information and assistance as the Office
may request for the purpose of ensuring that the holder of the plant
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Period of
protection.
Renewal fees.
Termination of
protection;
annulment and
forfeiture of
rights.
[18 of 2000].
breeder’s right is fulfilling his obligations under subsection (1),
including facilities for the inspection by or on behalf of the Office
of the measures taken for the maintenance of the variety.
17. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the plant breeder’s right
shall expire at the end of the eighteenth calendar year following
the grant thereof, in respect of vines, forest trees, fruit trees and
ornamental trees including in each case, their rootstocks.
(2) Protection for all other genera or species shall expire
at the end of the fifteenth year following the grant thereof.
(3) Where in the cases under section 4(3), the variety
has already been offered for sale or marketed in Trinidad and
Tobago for a period of more than one year before the date of the
filing of the application, the duration of the protection shall be
reduced by the number of full years minus one year that have
elapsed since the beginning of the offering for sale or the
marketing, with the approval of the breeder or his successor in
title, before the filing of the application.
18. The holder shall pay an annual fee for the whole
period of protection which fee shall fall due at the beginning
of the calendar year to which it relates and shall be payable by
31st January of each year.
PART VI
TERmInATIOn, AnnuLmEnT AnD FORFEITuRE
19. (1) The plant breeder’s right shall terminate before the
term expires where the holder of that right renounces it by written
declaration addressed to the Office. The date of termination shall
be that specified in the declaration or, if none is specified, the
date on which the declaration is received by the Office.
(2) The Controller shall declare a plant breeder’s right null
and void at the request of any person, where it is established that—
(a) the variety is not new or distinct within the
meaning of, and on applicable dates referred to
in sections 4 and 5; or
(b) the holder of the right is not the owner of the variety.
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(3) The request for the annulment of the plant breeder’s
right shall be addressed to the Office save, however, that where the
prescribed fee is not paid within three months after the request has
been filed, that request shall be deemed never to have been filed.
(4) The Controller shall declare the plant breeder’s right
forfeit where the holder of the right—
(a) is no longer in a position to provide the Office
on request with the propagating material
capable of producing plants which correspond
to the characteristics defined for the variety
when the right was granted;
(b) does not fulfil his obligation under section 16; and
(c) does not pay the renewal fee that is due, having been
reminded to do so by the Office, and after three
months have elapsed since the date of the reminder.
(5) An appeal shall lie to the Court against any decision
of the Office under this section.
(6) A licence agreement made under this Act, becomes
ineffective if the plant breeder’s right under which it was granted
is declared null and void or forfeit, save however, that no
payment of any royalty which was due before the date of
annulment or forfeiture can be demanded by the licensee in view
of that annulment or forfeiture.
PART VII
PROCEDuRES BEFORE ThE OFFICE
20. (1) An applicant for the protection of a variety shall file
an application with the Office in the prescribed form and the
application fee shall be paid at the same time.
(2) The application form shall be accompanied by the
technical questionnaire in the prescribed form, for the relevant
genus or species, which shall be completed by the applicant to the
best of his knowledge.
Application.
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Priority.
Documents and
material to be
furnished for
priority.
(3) At the request of the Office, the applicant shall
submit the amount of propagating material determined by it, on
the date and at the place fixed by the Office.
(4) Every application received by the Office and
completed in accordance with this section, shall be published in
a periodical, including the date of filing, the name and address of
the applicant and the original breeder, the variety denomination
proposed under section 24 and the main characteristics of the
variety as indicated in the application.
(5) The rejection or withdrawal of an application shall
also be published in a periodical.
21. (1) The applicant may avail himself of the priority of an
earlier application (hereinafter referred to as the “right of priority”)
that has been duly filed for the same variety, by himself or by his
predecessor in title, with the Authority of a Contracting Party.
(2) Where the application filed with the Office is
preceded by several applications, priority may be based only on
the earliest application.
(3) The right of priority shall be expressly claimed in
the application filed with the Office and may only be claimed
within a period of twelve months from the date of filing of the
earliest application, but the day of filing shall not be included in
the said period.
22. (1) In order to avail himself of the right of priority, the
applicant shall submit to the Office, within three months from
filing the application in Trinidad and Tobago, a copy of the
documents that constitute the earlier application, certified to be a
true copy by the Authority with which that application was filed.
(2) The Office may request that a translation of the
earlier application, be produced within three months from the
date of receipt of the request.
(3) The effect of the right of priority shall be that, with
respect to the conditions of protection attached to the variety, the
application shall be deemed to have been filed at the date of the
filing of the earlier application.
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Application to
be in English.
Application and
procedure for
variety
denomination.
(4) The applicant shall be entitled to declare that he will
submit the material mentioned in section 20(3) or any additional
documents required by the Office at a later date, but no later than
four years after the end of the priority period, unless the earlier
application mentioned in subsection (1), has been withdrawn in
the country in which it was filed or has been rejected there.
(5) If any of the provisions of this section are not
complied with, the application shall be dealt with as if no priority
had been claimed.
23. Every application and all other supporting documents
shall be submitted in the English language.
PART VIII
VARIETy DEnOmInATIOn
24. (1) The applicant for a plant breeder’s right must, within
three months after the filing of the application, propose in
accordance with subsection (4), a variety denomination, which
should be made on the form issued by the Office for that purpose.
(2) A variety denomination may consist of one word,
combination of words subject to a maximum of three,
combination of words and figures, of words and letters or of
letters and figures, but shall not consist wholly of figures save,
however, that in a word/figure combination, the figures shall
have a meaning in relation to the words.
(3) No person shall use as a variety denomination a
designation which—
(a) does not enable the variety to be identified;
(b) is liable to mislead a person of average
attentiveness or to cause confusion
concerning the origin, derivation,
characteristics, value or identity of the
variety, or the identity of the breeder;
(c) is identical or can be confused with a variety
denomination which in the country or in another
State party to the Convention designates an
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existing variety of the same or of a related
botanical species, save however, that the
denomination is admissible, if the other variety
is not registered and has not been grown for
some considerable time;
(d) is identical or can be confused with a
designation in which a third party enjoys a prior
right which would prohibit the use of the
designation as a variety denomination;
(e) is contrary to public policy or morality;
(f) refers solely to attributes which are also common
in other varieties of the species concerned;
(g) consists of a botanical or common name of a
genus or species, or includes such a name, where
this is likely to mislead or cause confusion;
(h) suggests that the variety is derived from or
related to another variety when this is not the case;
(i) includes words such as “variety”, “cultivar”,
“form”, “hybrid”, “cross” or translation of such
words;
(j) is, for reasons other than those mentioned
above, not suitable as a generic designation of
the variety.
(4) Where a variety is already protected by a contracting
party or where an application for the protection of the same
variety is filed in such State, only the variety denomination
which has been proposed or registered in that other State, may be
proposed and registered and the Controller shall not register any
other designation as a denomination for the variety, save
however, that where the variety denomination used in the other
State is inappropriate for linguistic reasons, or for any of the
reasons mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the applicant may
be requested to propose another variety denomination.
25. The Controller shall publish in a periodical the variety
denominations which have been proposed to it or registered or
cancelled by it.
Publication.
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Use of the
variety
denomination.
Prior rights of
third parties.
Cancellation of
a registered
variety
denomination.
26. (1) Any person who offers for sale or markets propagating
material of a variety protected in Trinidad and Tobago shall, even
after the expiration of the protection, use the registered variety
denomination in so far as prior rights do not prevent such use.
(2) When a protected variety is offered for sale or
marketed, a trade mark, trade name or other similar indication
may be associated with the registered variety denomination
provided that the denomination is easily recognisable.
(3) The holder of a plant breeder’s right may not invoke
any trade mark, trade name or other right in his possession
against a variety denomination legitimately used in the offering
for sale or marketing of the variety by another person, even after
the expiration of the protection.
27. Prior rights of third parties in a designation are not
affected by this Act.
28. (1) The Controller shall cancel any registered variety
denomination at the request of—
(a) any person or on his own initiative, if the
denomination should not have been registered or if
subsequently, facts become known which would
have justified the rejection of the denomination;
(b) the holder of the plant breeder’s right or of a
third person, if a final Court decision is delivered
according to which the variety denomination
must be cancelled or if it is established that a
third-party right exists in the denomination and
the holder of the plant breeder’s right agrees to
the cancellation;
(c) a person who is obliged to use the variety
denomination under section 26(1), if he is
prohibited by a final Court decision from using
that denomination, provided that the holder of
the plant breeder’s right had participated or had
been given the possibility to participate in the
Court proceedings.
(2) In the case of the cancellation of the variety
denomination, the Office shall request the holder of a plant
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breeder’s right to submit, within an appropriate period fixed by it, a
proposal for a new variety denomination, which shall be registered
if it is considered admissible for that Office but where the proposal
is not acceptable, the request for submission shall be repeated.
(3) The Office shall establish, at the request of the holder
or a third person, a provisional variety denomination where the
holder or the third person demonstrates a legitimate interest.
(4) Where, after the period for submitting a proposal for
a new variety denomination has expired, the holder of the plant
breeder’s right has not submitted the requested proposal, the
Office may establish on its own initiative, a provisional variety or
permanent variety denomination.
29. The filing date of the application is fixed by the Office as
the day on which the application form and the technical
questionnaire, duly completed, are received.
PART IX
EXAmInATIOn OF ThE APPLICATIOn
30. (1) The Controller shall examine whether the application
and its supporting documents contain all indications required under
this Act and whether the required amount of propagating material
has been submitted on the due date and at the proper place.
(2) Where any of the requirements under subsection (1)
has not been complied with, the application for the grant of a plant
breeder’s right shall be rejected, unless the Controller grants to the
applicant a further period to complete the application or to submit
the propagating material, but no such further period may be granted
which will expire later than three months after the application date
or the date fixed for submission of the material as the case may be.
31. (1) The Controller shall examine the variety to determine
whether it fulfills the conditions of novelty and where that
condition is not fulfilled, the Controller shall reject the application.
(2) The Controller shall invite the applicant, on a date
fixed by him before the beginning of each year or testing period,
to pay the prescribed fee for that year or testing period and failure
to do so, shall cause the application to be rejected.
Filing date.
Formal
examination of
application;
consequences of
defects.
Examination of
novelty,
distinctness,
homogeneity
and stability.
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(3) The Controller shall, after having received the
testing fee for the first year or for the first testing period, examine
whether the variety fulfils the conditions of distinctness,
homogeneity and stability.
(4) Where the Controller determines that it is expedient
to do so, he may arrange to have the examination done by another
national or foreign governmental authority and shall base his
decision on the results of that examination.
(5) The Controller may treat examination results
obtained from, and expert opinions given by foreign
governmental institutions, as results obtained from and opinions
given by the Controller himself.
(6) Subject to section 22(4), the Controller may where
necessary for the examination, request the applicant to submit
additional material or documents within the period fixed by the
Controller and where the applicant fails to do so, without giving
valid reasons for such failure, the application shall be rejected.
(7) Where the examination shows that the application
satisfies the conditions of novelty, distinctness, homogeneity and
stability and that the proposed denomination of the variety can be
registered, the Controller shall grant a plant breeder’s right.
(8) Where the examination shows that the variety is
neither distinct, homogenous nor stable, the Controller shall
reject the application.
(9) Where the examination shows that the proposed
denomination of the variety cannot be registered, the Controller
shall request the applicant to submit another denomination within a
period fixed by him, failing which the application shall be rejected.
(10) Where the decision to grant a plant breeder’s right
or to reflect an application is made, such decision shall be
published in a periodical.
PART X
OPPOSITIOn
32. (1) Within three months after the date of publication in
a periodical any person may file an opposition against the grant
of the right on payment of the prescribed fee.
Opposition.
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(2) The opposition shall be based on the following
grounds, namely that:
(a) the applicant is not the owner of the variety;
(b) the variety is not new or distinct at the pertinent
dates in accordance with sections 4, 5 and 22(3);
(c) it is neither homogenous nor stable;
(d) the variety denomination that the office intends
to register is inadmissible.
(3) Where the opposition is justified the decision that a
plant breeder’s right is to be granted shall, subject to subsection (5),
be revoked and the application rejected.
(4) Where the opposition is not justified, it shall be rejected.
(5) Where the opposition based on the claim that the
variety denomination is inadmissible is justified, the Controller
shall revoke the decision that a plant breeder’s right is to be
granted and reopen the granting procedure by requesting the
applicant to submit another denomination, failing which the
application shall be rejected.
(6) Where no opposition is filed within a period
mentioned in subsection (1) or if all oppositions filed within that
period have been rejected, the Controller shall grant the plant
breeder’s right and register the variety denomination.
(7) The grant of a plant breeder’s right shall be
published in a periodical.
PART XI
PROCEDuRE In CASES OF REquESTS FOR
AnnuLmEnT AnD FORFEITuRE
33. (1) A request for annulment of a plant breeder’s right
may be filed by any person and shall not be deemed to have been
filed unless the fee prescribed is paid.
(2) A request shall be filed in a written reasoned statement
and it may be filed even after the plant breeder’s right has expired.
(3) The request may not be filed during the period within
which an appeal may still be made against the grant of the plant
Procedure in
cases of
requests for
annulment.
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breeder’s right or while proceedings on such appeal are still
pending before the Court.
(4) The Controller shall declare the request inadmissible if
it is not accompanied by a reasoned statement, or if it was filed
during the period within which an appeal could still be made against
the grant of the plant breeder’s right, or while proceedings on such
an appeal are still pending before the Court.
(5) If the request is admissible, the Controller shall
hear the holder of the plant breeder’s right and may obtain
any other evidence and shall conduct the hearing on his own
initiative; he shall continue the hearing if the request for the
annulment is withdrawn.
(6) If the Controller finds that the request is not justified,
he shall reject it.
(7) Where the Controller finds that the request is justified,
he shall declare the plant breeder’s right null and void.
(8) An appeal shall lie to the Court against any decision
taken under this section.
34. (1) Proceedings for forfeiture of a plant breeder’s right
shall be initiated by the Controller on his own initiative if the
condition under section 19(4)(a) is fulfilled or may be initiated
by the Controller or a third person if any of the conditions under
section 19(4)(b) and (c) is fulfilled.
(2) A request shall not be necessary for the
commencement of such proceedings but where any such request
is filed, the Controller shall treat it as a suggestion to initiate
official proceedings.
(3) Before declaring a plant breeder’s right forfeit, the
Controller shall hear the holder of that right.
(4) Where after having heard the holder of the plant
breeder’s right, the Controller finds that there is no reason to
declare the right forfeit, he shall declare the proceedings
terminated and inform the holder of the right accordingly.
(5) Where the Controller declares a plant breeder’s right
forfeit, he shall also inform the holder, giving reasons therefor
and shall state the date of forfeiture.
Procedure for
forfeiture of a
plant breeder’s
right.
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Proceedings
before the
Office.
(6) An appeal shall lie to the Court against any decision
by which a plant breeder’s right is declared forfeit and such appeal
may be filed only by the holder of the plant breeder’s right.
PART XII
RuLES On ThE PROCEEDInGS BEFORE ThE OFFICE
35. (1) The Office may in any proceedings under this Act,
conduct an oral hearing.
(2) Hearings in proceedings concerning the assignment
of an application, the transfer of a plant breeder’s right or the
annulment or forfeiture of such right shall be public, unless the
legitimate interests of any person might be prejudiced thereby.
(3) In proceedings before the Office evidence may be
obtained either by hearing any of the parties to the proceedings or
experts or witnesses or by requesting the competent Court of the
country of residence of the person concerned to take such evidence.
(4) Evidence may also be obtained by requesting the
submission of documents and other information by, or in the
possession of any party in the proceedings, or information from
another government authority, an expert opinion, by inspecting
the installations of any party to the proceedings with that
party’s consent, or by requesting the submission of a sworn
statement in writing by any party to the proceedings or by any
witness or expert.
(5) A decision of the Controller may be based only on
grounds or evidence on which any party to the proceedings
whose rights are affected by that decision has had an opportunity
to submit his comments.
(6) Facts or evidence which are not submitted in due
time by any of the parties to the proceedings may be disregarded
by the Office.
(7) Unless stated to the contrary in this Act, the Office
may commence the necessary investigations on its own motion and
in these investigations, it shall not be restricted to the facts, evidence
and arguments provided by any of the parties to the proceedings.
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(8) Any person may submit observations or suggestions
to the Office concerning any proceedings pending before the
Office, but that person shall not become a party to those
proceedings by the mere fact of such submission.
(9) Observations and suggestions thus submitted shall
be communicated to the applicant or the holder of the plant
breeder’s right as the case may be.
(10) The Controller shall confirm the receipt of such
observations or suggestions but need not inform the person
having submitted them of any steps taken by it or of its opinion
on the observations or suggestions submitted.
(11) The Controller shall apply the same rules of
procedure established for the hearing of an application under the
Patents Act, to the hearing of an application under this Act, with
such adaptations as may be necessary.
PART XIII
APPEALS AnD EnFORCEmEnT PROCEEDInGS
36. (1) An appeal shall lie to the Court against any decision
of the Controller by which—
(a) an application for the grant of a plant breeder’s
right was rejected;
(b) a plant breeder’s right is granted;
(c) a plant breeder’s right is declared null and void
or forfeit;
(d) an opposition is rejected; or
(e) a request to have the plant breeder’s right
declared null and void is rejected.
(2) An appeal shall also lie to the Court against any
decision of the Controller by which—
(a) a proposal for registration of a variety
denomination is rejected;
(b) the decision that a plant breeder’s right is to
be granted is revoked for inadmissibility of the
variety denomination and the granting
procedure is reopened;
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(c) a variety denomination is registered or cancelled;
(d) the submission of a new variety denomination is
requested; or
(e) a new variety denomination is registered.
(3) An appeal shall also lie to the Court against any decision
of the Controller concerning a compulsory licence, a licence of right
or any application for the grant of a compulsory licence.
(4) The appeal may be filed by any person aggrieved by
the decision of the Controller.
(5) The appeal shall be filed within three months after
notice of the decision against which the appeal is made has been
served on that person or, where no such service of notice has
taken place, within three months after the publication of the
decision in the periodical.
37. (1) Subject to this Act, infringements of the right of the
holder of a plant breeder’s right shall be auctionable in the Court at
the suit of the holder of that right and in any action for such an
infringement all such relief by way of damages, injunction,
accounts or otherwise shall be available in any corresponding
proceedings in respect of infringements of other proprietary rights.
(2) The Court shall have the authority—
(a) to grant injunctions to prohibit the committing,
or continuation of committing, of an
infringement of the holder of the plant breeder’s
right, pursuant to section 15;
(b) to order the forfeiture, seizure and destruction of
propagating material which has been produced
in contravention of a plant breeder’s right;
(c) to fix the amount of damages taking into account
the pecuniary and non-pecuniary loss suffered by
the holder of the plant breeder’s right.
(3) Where the person alleged to have infringed a right
did not know or could not reasonably be expected to know that
he was engaged in activity that infringed a right the Court may
limit damages to the profits attributable to the infringement.
Civil
proceedings.
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(4) The Court shall not, in respect of the same
infringement, both award the holder of the plant breeder’s right
damages and order that he be given an account of profits.
38. (1) Any person who wilfully offers for sale or markets
propagating material of a variety protected in Trinidad and
Tobago without using the registered variety denomination,
commits an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to
a fine of ten thousand dollars.
(2) Any person who wilfully makes use of the registered
variety denomination of a variety protected in Trinidad and
Tobago, or a denomination likely to cause confusion therewith, or
another variety of the same botanical or a related species commits
an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of
ten thousand dollars.
PART XIV
LICEnCES AnD LEGAL PROCEEDInGS By LICEnSEE
39. (1) The applicant for or the holder of a plant breeder’s right
may grant to any person an exclusive or a non-exclusive licence
relating to all or any of the rights provided for under this Act.
(2) The licence contract shall be in writing and shall
require the signatures of the parties thereto.
(3) A licence contract shall be registered at the Office on
request and on payment of the prescribed fee, but the licence shall
have no effect against a third party until after its registration.
(4) The grant of an exclusive licence shall be published
in a periodical.
40. In the absence of any provision to the contrary in the
licence contract, the grant of a licence shall not prevent the
licensor from granting further licences to third parties or from
exploiting the variety himself.
41. In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the licence
contract, rights granted therein shall not be assignable to a third
party by the licensee, who shall not be entitled to grant a sub-licence.
Criminal
liability for non-
compliance or
misuse of
variety
denomination.
Licence
contracts.
Rights of
licensor to grant
further licences
or to exploit the
variety.
Non-
assignability of
licences.
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42. A clause in a licence contract or relating to such a contract
shall be null and void, in so far as it imposes upon the licensee,
restrictions that do not derive from the rights conferred by the plant
breeder’s right or are unnecessary for the safeguarding of the right.
43. (1) Any holder of a plant breeder’s right or any applicant
for the grant of a plant breeder’s right may declare that any person
prepared to pay a royalty is entitled to use his variety, as from the
date on which he has informed the holder or applicant accordingly.
(2) The declaration shall be addressed to the Office and
a remark to that effect shall be entered in the Register.
(3) The royalty payable by the licensee of right shall be
stated in the declaration to which subsection (1) refers, and shall
also be entered in the Register.
(4) After the entry in the Register, the holder of the plant
breeder’s right shall pay only half of the prescribed renewal fees.
(5) Where all beneficiaries agree, the Office may cancel
the entry under subsection (2), at the request of the holder of the
plant breeder’s right.
(6) An appeal shall lie to the Court against any refusal to
cancel the entry under subsection (2).
44. (1) At any time after the expiration of three years from the
date of grant of a plant breeder’s right under this Act, any person
interested may apply to the Court for the grant of a compulsory
licence, in respect of any plant breeder’s right on the ground that it
is necessary to safeguard the public interest in Trinidad and Tobago.
(2) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), where the
Court is satisfied that the ground referred to in subsection (1) is
established, the Court may make an Order for the grant of the
licence in accordance with the application on such terms as it
thinks fit.
(3) A licence granted under this section, shall confer on
the owner the non-exclusive right to perform all or any of the
activities referred to in section 15.
Certain clauses
in contract void.
Licences of
Right.
Compulsory
Licences.
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(4) Any person to whom a licence is granted under this
section shall pay such remuneration to the licensor as may be
agreed, or as may be determined by a method agreed upon between
that person and the licensor, or in the default of agreement, as is
determined by the Court on the application of either party.
(5) The Court may require the holder of the plant
breeder’s right to hold available for the owner of the compulsory
licence, the amount of propagating material necessary for making
reasonable use of the compulsory licence, against payment of
adequate remuneration to the holder of the right and under
conditions which are economically acceptable to him.
(6) A licence shall not be granted under this section unless—
(a) the applicant for the licence is financially able
and otherwise in a position to exploit the plant
breeder’s right in a competent and businesslike
manner; and must be prepared to do so;
(b) the holder of the plant breeder’s right has
refused to permit the applicant for the licence to
produce or market propagating material of the
protected variety in a manner sufficient for the
needs of the general public as referred to in
subsection (1) above or is not prepared to give
such permission under reasonable terms;
(c) no conditions exist under which the holder of the
plant breeder’s right cannot be expected to permit
the use of his variety in the manner requested;
(d) the applicant for the compulsory licence has paid
the prescribed fee for the grant of such licence.
(7) The duration of the licence shall be fixed by the
Court and shall not, except under extraordinary circumstances, be
granted for less than two or for more than four years but the
period may be extended if the Court is satisfied, on the basis of a
new application, that the conditions for granting a compulsory
licence continue to exist after the expiration of the first period.
(8) Before granting a compulsory licence, the Court
may hear the national non-governmental organisations in the
field of plant breeding and the seed trade.
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(9) Where the Court is satisfied that the grounds on
which any licence granted under this section have ceased to exist
or that its owner has failed to comply with the conditions under
which it was granted, it may, on the application of any interested
party, terminate such licence.
45. (1) Any licensee under a contractual or compulsory
licence or a licensee of right may, by registered letter, require the
licensor to institute legal action necessary to obtain civil
remedies or criminal penalties, in respect of any infringement of
the plant breeder’s right indicated by the licensee.
(2) Where the licensor refuses or neglects to institute the
said legal action within three months after the request has been made,
the licensee may institute such action in his own name, without
prejudice to the right of the licensor to intervene in such actions.
PART XV
REGuLATIOnS AnD REGISTER
46. The Minister may make Regulations for any matter
required to be prescribed by this Act, in addition to the
following matters:
(a) the procedure of the Office in respect of the
receiving and handling of applications, the
conduct of the examination of varieties and of
variety denominations, the handling of
opposition, the grant of plant breeder’s rights,
and the rejection of applications;
(b) the annulment or forfeiture of plant breeder’s rights,
the assignment of an application or the transfer of a
plant breeder’s right to the owner of the variety and
the cancellation of variety denominations;
(c) the maintenance and conservation of samples, the
cooperation with germ-plasm banks or other
institutions for the conservation of genetic material;
(d) the establishing and maintenance of a plant
variety register and the receiving and filing of any
documents concerning plant breeder’s rights;
Legal
proceedings
by licensees.
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(e) the amounts and the collection of all fees
provided for under this Act;
(f) the making of additional rules to prevent the use
of the same or confusing denominations for more
than one variety and to regulate the relationship
between variety denominations and trade marks;
(g) the administration of the Register provided for
under section 47 including the determination of
the facts to be registered;
(h) any other matters relating to the administration
of this Act.
47. The Office shall have a register, to be known as the
Register of Plant Breeders’ Rights in which the following shall
be entered:
(a) any grant of a plant breeder’s right;
(b) any change in the holder of that right;
(c) any annulment or forfeiture of the right;
(d) any submission, registration, change or
cancellation of the variety denomination;
(e) any licence of right or compulsory licence
granted, with an indication of the conditions of
such licences; and
(f) the conclusion of any licence contract at the
request of one of the parties to such contract.
48. A person who has paid the prescribed fee, is entitled
during normal business hours, to examine the Register kept in
accordance with section 47, and to make copies of or extracts
from the information contained therein.
Register.
Examination of
Register.
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SuBSIDIARy LEGISLATIOn
PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES
REGuLATIOnS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGuLATIOn
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Fees.
4. Forms.
5. Agency.
6. Application for grant.
7. Variety denomination.
8. Withdrawal of application for grant.
9. Marking of application for grant.
10. Notification of action for assignment or transfer.
11. Request for registration of assignment or transfer.
12. Annual fees.
13. Renunciations.
14. Request for annulment.
15. Declaration of forfeiture.
16. Cancellation of registered variety denomination.
17. Notification of non-compliance.
18. Invitations.
19. Rejections.
20. Oppositions.
21. Procedure upon receipt of request for annulment, etc.
22. Request for registration of licence contract.
23. Cancellation of registered licence of right.
24. Request for registration of compulsory licence.
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25. Register of Plant Breeder’s Rights.
26. Examination of Register.
27. Requests for copies or extracts from Register.
28. Address for service.
29. Excluded days.
30. Service by mail.
31. Extension of time limits.
32. Amendment of documents and correction of irregularities.
33. Dispensation by Controller.
34. Publication.
FIRST SChEDuLE.
SECOnD SChEDuLE.
REGuLATIOn
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT
VARIETIES REGuLATIOnS
made under section 46
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of New
Plant Varieties Regulations.
2. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Protection of
New Plant Varieties Act.
3. The fees to be paid in respect of matters arising under
the Act or these Regulations shall be those specified in the
First Schedule.
4. (1) The Forms referred to in these Regulations shall be
those set out in the Second Schedule.
(2) A requirement under these Regulations to use a
Form is satisfied by the use of a replica of that Form or of a Form
which is acceptable to the Controller and contains the
information required by the Form set out in the Second Schedule.
5. (1) The appointment of an agent or representative under
section 12 of the Act shall be by an authorisation of agent which
shall be signed by the applicant or person making the application
or, if there are more than one, by each applicant or person making
the application.
(2) The authorisation of agent appointing an agent or
representative may be filed together with the application or
within two months from the date such application is filed and, if
the appointment is not thus made or is not in accordance with
section 12 of the Act and subregulation (1), any procedural steps
taken by the agent or representative, other than the filing of the
application, shall be deemed not to have been taken.
6. (1) An application for the grant of a plant breeder’s right
filed pursuant to section 20(1) of the Act shall be made on Form
No. 1 and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) A technical questionnaire filed pursuant to
section 20(2) of the Act shall be in the form set out as Form No. 2.
298/2000.
Citation.
Interpretation.
Fees.
First Schedule.
Forms.
Second
Schedule.
Agency.
Application for
grant.
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7. A proposal for a variety denomination made pursuant to
section 24 of the Act shall be in the form set out as Form No. 3.
8. (1) The withdrawal of an application pursuant to the Act
shall be addressed to the Controller in writing and signed by each
applicant, agent or representative.
(2) The application fee shall not be refunded if the
application is withdrawn.
9. (1) Upon receipt, the Controller shall mark, on each
document making up the application for grant of a plant breeder’s
right the actual date of receipt and the application number consisting
of the letters T T, slant, the letter B, slant, the numbers of the year in
which the initial papers were received, slant, and a five-digit number
allotted in the sequential order in which applications are received,
and where any corrections or other later filed documents are received
on different dates, the Controller shall also mark their actual date of
receipt in the appropriate place on the application.
(2) The application number allotted under subregulation (1)
shall be quoted in all subsequent communications concerning
the application.
10. Where an action is filed under section 11 of the Act the
person filing the action shall notify the Controller in writing and
upon the furnishing of proof to the satisfaction of the Controller,
the Controller shall, immediately upon receipt thereof, defer any
decision on the application until the Court has made a final order.
11. (1) A request for the registration of an assignment or
transfer pursuant to section 13(3) of the Act shall be made on
Form No. 4 and shall be accompanied by an original or a certified
copy of the document which establishes the assignment or
transfer and by the prescribed fee.
(2) Where in the case of a request under subregulation (1),
the successor in title does not claim under any document or
instrument which is capable, in itself, of establishing the assignment
or transfer, he shall, unless the Controller otherwise directs, either
upon or with the request, set out the circumstances under which his
claim to be the proprietor of the variety is based.
Variety
denomination.
Withdrawal of
application for
grant.
Marking of
application for
grant.
Notification of
action for
assignment or
transfer.
Request for
registration of
assignment or
transfer.
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Annual fees.
First Schedule.
Renunciations.
Request for
annulment.
Declaration of
forfeiture.
(3) If the Controller so requires the circumstances shall
be verified by a statutory declaration made on Form No. 5.
12. (1) The annual fees payable under section 18 of the Act
are set out in the First Schedule.
(2) Upon payment of the annual fee the Controller shall,
within two weeks from the date payment is received, furnish or
send to the applicant for, or to the owner of the plant breeder’s
right, a receipt of payment.
(3) Annual fees shall not be refundable.
13. A declaration by the holder of a plant breeder’s right of
the renunciation of his right pursuant to section 19(1) of the Act
shall be on Form No. 6.
14. (1) A request for an annulment of a plant breeder’s right
filed pursuant to section 19(3) of the Act shall be on Form No. 7
and shall include a full statement of the grounds upon which the
person making the request relies and be accompanied by—
(a) a duplicate of the request; and
(b) the prescribed fee.
(2) Upon receipt of a request referred to in subregulation (1)
the Controller shall forthwith send the duplicate of the request,
together with any annexes, to the holder of the plant breeder’s right.
(3) The withdrawal, under section 33(5) of the Act, of
a request for an annulment shall be addressed to the Controller,
in writing.
15. (1) Where the Controller declares a plant breeder’s right
forfeit pursuant to section 19(4) of the Act, the declaration shall
be in writing and a duplicate thereof shall forthwith be sent to the
holder of the plant breeder’s right.
(2) A request for the forfeiture of a plant breeder’s right
filed pursuant to section 34 of the Act shall be, in duplicate, on
Form No. 8 and shall include a statement setting out fully the
grounds upon which the person making the request relies.
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Cancellation of
registered
variety
denomination.
Notification of
non-compliance.
Invitations.
Rejections.
Oppositions.
16. A request for the cancellation of a registered variety
denomination pursuant to section 28(1) of the Act shall be on
Form No. 9 and shall be made in duplicate.
17. (1) Where any of the requirements under section 30(1)
of the Act have not been complied with, the Controller shall
notify the applicant, his agent or representative in writing of the
non-compliance, specifying the actions to be taken to complete
the application.
(2) A notice under subregulation (1) shall be sent to the
applicant, his agent or representative wherever possible, not later
than one month from the date of the application or the date fixed
for submission of the propagating material, as the case may be.
(3) Where the applicant, his agent or representative
does not comply with the notification under subregulation (1),
or where, despite the corrections made by the applicant, his
agent or representative, the Controller is of the opinion that the
requirements under section 30(1) of the Act have still not been
complied with he shall reject the application pursuant to
section 30(2) of the Act and notify the applicant, his agent or
representative in accordance with regulation 19.
18. An invitation under section 31(2) of the Act shall—
(a) be in writing; and
(b) specify the fee to be paid.
19. (1) A rejection of any application, request or opposition
under the Act shall be in writing and shall specify the reasons therefor.
(2) Where the Controller rejects an application under
section 31(8) of the Act, the rejection shall be accompanied by a
copy of the examination report, if any, upon which the rejection
of the application was based.
20. (1) An opposition to the grant of a plant breeder’s right
pursuant to section 32(1) of the Act shall be made, in duplicate,
on Form No. 10 and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
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Procedure upon
receipt of
request for
annulment, etc.
Request for
registration of
licence contract.
Cancellation of
registered
licence of right.
Request for
registration of
compulsory
licence.
(2) The Controller shall forthwith send to the applicant
for the grant of the plant breeder’s right a duplicate of the Form
in subregulation (1).
21. (1) Upon receipt of any request for annulment or
forfeiture or of any opposition, the holder of the plant breeder’s
right or the applicant, as the case may be, shall, within three
months from the receipt of such request or such opposition, file a
counter-statement, in duplicate, setting out fully the grounds
upon which he contests such request or opposition and the
Controller shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the
person making the request or to the opponent.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Controller
may give such directions as he may think fit with regard to the
subsequent procedure.
22. A request for the registration of a licence contract
pursuant to section 39(3) of the Act shall be on Form No. 11 and
shall be accompanied by—
(a) an original or a certified copy of the licence
contract, including all amendments, annexes,
riders and other supplements thereto or
modifications thereof; and
(b) the prescribed fee.
23. (1) A request for the cancellation of a registered licence of
right pursuant to section 43(5) of the Act shall be on Form No. 12
and shall state the name of each beneficiary and whether or not
they have agreed to the cancellation.
(2) A request under subregulation (1) shall be
accompanied by such evidence as the Controller may require.
24. (1) Any person to whom a compulsory licence has been
granted pursuant to section 44 of the Act may, in writing, notify the
Controller of the grant of the licence and request on Form No. 11 the
registration of such grant in the Register.
(2) A request made pursuant to subregulation (1) shall
be accompanied by an office copy of the order of the Court and
by the prescribed fee.
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Register of Plant
Breeder’s
Rights.
Examination of
Register.
First Schedule.
Requests for
copies or
extracts from
Register.
Address for
service.
25. The Register of Plant Breeder’s Rights shall contain, in
addition to the matters required under section 47 of the Act, at
least the following information:
(a) the names and addresses of the holders of plant
breeder’s rights;
(b) the names and addresses of the agents or
representatives, if any for the time being, of the
holders of plant breeder’s rights;
(c) a description of the characteristics of the plant
variety;
(d) if available, the reference number under which
the plant variety is recorded in any register of
varieties kept by a recognised professional
association or in any reference collection of
plant material accepted by the Controller;
(e) the date upon which and the period for which
plant breeder’s rights in the plant variety were
granted; and
(f) the date upon which such rights expired or were
otherwise terminated or, declared null and void,
as the case may be.
26. (1) The fee for the examination of the Register under
section 48 of the Act shall be as set out in the First Schedule.
(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee, the
Register shall be made available to the public for examination
between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. on any weekday
other than Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
27. Requests made pursuant to section 48 of the Act for
copies of, or for extracts from the information contained in the
Register, shall be made to the Controller in writing and shall be
subject to payment of the prescribed fee.
28. (1) There shall be furnished to the Controller—
(a) by every applicant for the grant of a plant
breeder’s right; and
(b) by every person (including the applicant for, or
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Excluded days.
Service by mail.
Extension of
time limits.
Amendment of
documents and
correction of
irregularities.
the owner of the plant breeder’s right, as the case
may be) concerned in any proceedings to which
the Act or these Regulations relate,
an address for service in Trinidad and Tobago and the address so
furnished or, where another address (being an address in
Trinidad and Tobago) has been furnished in place thereof, that
address shall be treated for the purposes of the application or
those proceedings as the address of that applicant or, as the case
may be, of that person.
(2) Where an Attorney-at-law has been appointed, the
address of the Attorney-at-law shall, for all purposes connected
with the Act and these Regulations, be treated as the address to
which communications to the person or persons who appointed
the Attorney-at-law shall be transmitted.
29. When the last day for doing any act or taking any
proceedings falls on a day when the office is not open to the
public for business, it shall be lawful to do the act or to take the
proceeding on the day when the office is next open for business.
30. (1) Any notice, request or other document sent to the
Controller by mail shall be deemed to have been given, made or
filed at the time when it would be delivered in the ordinary course
of the mail and in proving such sending, it shall be sufficient to
prove that the letter containing such notice, request or other
document was properly addressed and sent by registered mail.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the accordance
of a filing date.
31. The time or periods prescribed by these Regulations for
doing any act or taking any proceedings thereunder, other than
times or periods prescribed in regulation 17(2), may be extended
by the Controller if he thinks fit, upon such notice to the parties
and upon such terms as he may direct, and such extensions may
be granted although the time or period for doing such act or
taking such proceeding has already expired.
32. Any application, notice, request or other document required
by these Regulations may be amended and any irregularity in
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Dispensation by
Controller.
Publication.
procedure may be excused by the Controller, upon receipt of a
request in writing or on his own initiative and upon such terms as
he may direct, if in the opinion of the Controller such amendment
or correction would be without detriment to the interests of any
other person.
33. Where, under these Regulations, any person is required
to do any act or thing, or any document or evidence is required to
be produced or filed, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the
Controller that for any reasonable cause that person is unable to
do that act or thing, or that that document or evidence cannot be
produced or filed, the Controller may, upon the production of
such evidence and subject to such terms as he thinks fit, dispense
with the doing of such act or thing, or the production or filing of
such document or evidence.
34. The publication of any matter required to be published
under the Act shall contain such details of the matter as the
Controller considers appropriate.
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FIRST SChEDuLE
FEES
1. Filing of application for grant of plant
breeder’s right [section 20(1); regulation 6]
2. Filing of request for registration of
assignment or transfer [section 13(3);
regulation 11]
3. Renewal of protection:
1st year
2nd year–5th year
6th year–10th year
11th year–18th year
[section 18; regulation 12]
4. Filing of request for annulment
[sections 19(3) and 33(1); regulation 14]
5. Testing for distinctiveness, conformity and
stability [section 31(2)]
6. Filing of opposition [section 32(1);
regulation 20]
7. Registration of licence contract and grant
of compulsory licence [sections 39(3)
and 44; regulations 22 and 24]
8. Examination of Register [section 48;
regulation 26]
9. Provision of certified copies/extracts from
Register [section 48; regulation 27]
Matter Amount Form
of Fee No.
$1,000.00 1
$150.00 4
No fee —
$150.00 per year
$500.00 per year
$1,000.00 per year
$150.00 7
$500.00 —
plus the amount
payable to the
Testing Authority
$150.00 10
$150.00 11
$40.00 —
$5.00 per page —
plus $50.00
certification.
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SECOnD SChEDuLE
FORmS
FORm nO. 1
PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT (Ch. 82:75)
InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
APPLICATIOn FOR GRAnT OF A PLAnT
BREEDER’S RIGhT
(To be accompanied by the prescribed fee)
(Note: Please consult the instructions before completing)
An official copy of the submitted application showing the date of
filing is requested as a certification of priority for an application in
the following States:
1. (a) Applicant(s) name(s) and address(es)
(b) Nationality(ies)
2. (a) Address to which correspondence is to be sent:
(b) Address / /of the applicant / / of one of the
applicants
/ / of the agent/representative / / for service
3. Species and crop
4. (a) Proposed denomination: (in block letters)
(b) Breeder’s reference:
For Official use
Application No.:
Date of Filing:
Date of Filing of
corrections or
later documents:
Regulation 4.
Regulation 6(1).
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5. (a) The original breeder(s) is/are / / the (all) applicant(s)
/ / the following person(s)
To the best of my/our knowledge there is no other original breeder.
(b) The variety was transferred to the applicant(s) by:
/ / contract,
/ / succession
/ / other (specify)
(c) The variety was bred in:
[State(s)]
6. Further State(s) Filing Application No. Stage
applications Date
Denomination or breeder’s reference:
Type of Protection
Official variety list
7. Priority is claimed in respect of the application filed in (State)
on (date) under the denomination
8. The variety has been offered for sale / / not yet / / for the
first time (date)
or marketed in (State of application)
under the denomination and in other States / / not yet
/ / for the first time in (State) under the denomination
FORm nO. 1 —Continued
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9. (a) The technical examination of the variety
/ / has already been completed
/ / is in progress
/ / will be carried out in [State(s)]
(b) I/We declare that the material provided with the first
application is representative of the variety and relevant
to this application.
(c) / / Authorisation is hereby given to the Intellectual
Property Office to exchange with the competent
authorities of any UPOV member State all necessary
information and material related to the variety, provided
that the rights of the applicant(s) are safeguarded.
Other forms and documents attached:
/1/ /2/ /3/ /4/ /5/
I/We hereby apply for the grant of a plant breeder’s right
and declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information necessary for the examination of the
application given in this Form and in the annex(es) is
complete and correct.
*Signature(s)
.......................................... .............................
†(Applicant/ Date/place
Agent/Representative)
.......................................... .............................
†(Applicant/ Date/place
Agent/Representatives)
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InSTRuCTIOnS
FORm nO. 1
Item 1(a)
State the full name and address (including the country/State) of the applicant
whether a natural person or a firm. Where there is more than one applicant, state
the names and addresses of all of them. If the space under item 2(a) is insufficient
state only the name(s) of the applicant(s). Add the address(es) on a separate page
annexed to this Form. Where the applicant wishes to have correspondence sent to
his own address the address must be sufficiently complete to ensure delivery by
post. Telephone and fax numbers would be appreciated.
Item 1(b)
If the applicant is a person, nationality shall be indicated by the name of
the State of which the person is a national.
If the applicant is a legal entity, indicate the name of the State under
whose laws they have been constituted and their registered office.
Residence shall be indicated by the name of the State of which the person
is a resident.
Item 2
This must be an address in Trinidad and Tobago and must be sufficiently
complete to ensure delivery by post. Telephone and fax numbers would also
be appreciated. If there is no address in Trinidad and Tobago an address for
service must be given. Please refer to regulation 28 of the Protection of New
Plant Varieties Regulations.
Where one joint applicant has been authorised to act for the other joint
applicants or an agent or representative has been named, attach a power of
attorney issued by the applicant(s) on whose behalf the joint applicant, agent
or representative is authorised to act.
Item 3
The particulars stated must allow for the exact identification of the variety
under both its botanical and technical aspects. The Latin name of the most
suitable taxonomical unit (genus, specie, subspecies) should be stated together
with the common name.
Item 4
The variety must be filed in each member State under the same
denomination. Accents may not be deleted from a variety denomination. Please
state the breeder’s reference, whether or not a proposal for a variety denomination
(as in Form No. 3) has been filed together with this application.
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Item 5(a)
Mark the first box with a cross if the applicant(s) is/are the breeders of
the variety. Mark the second box with a cross if the applicant(s) is/are not the
breeder(s) of the variety and/or if a third person(s) is/are the breeder(s) of the
variety. State the name(s) and address(es) of the breeder(s) on a separate page,
if necessary and if not stated under Item 2.
Item 5(b)
If the first box has been marked under item 5(a), enter nothing under
this Item.
Item 6
Specify all prior applications without exception, in chronological order,
including those filed in States that are not members of the International Union
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).
In the column headed “Stage” use the following abbreviations:
A—application pending.
B—denomination rejected.
C—denomination withdrawn.
D—plant breeder’s right granted or variety entered in official variety list.
The term “type of protection” comprises special titles of protection, plant
patents and industrial patents.
“Official variety list” means any list of varieties whose marketing is
authorised by the competent authorities.
Item 7
A right of priority may only be claimed within a period of twelve months
from the date of filing of the earliest application duly filed for the same variety
either by the applicant himself or his predecessor in title but the day of filing
shall not be included in that period.
Item 8
“State of application” means the State in which the application was filed.
Item “Other forms and documents attached”
Mark a cross in the box if any of the following documents is attached
to this application:
/1/ Technical Questionnaire as in Form No. 2.
/2/ Proposal for a Variety Denomination as in Form No. 3.
/3/ Authorisation of agent/representative.
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FORm nO. 1
/4/ Under section 21 of the Act, if the priority of the first application is
claimed a certified copy of the documents which constitute that application
must be forwarded to the Intellectual Property Office within three months of
the date of filing this application. Mark a cross in box 4 if that copy is attached.
The additional boxes have been added to allow for the attachment of
additional documents/information.
General
*State name (in block letters) under signature(s) and delete whichever is
not applicable.
†This Form must be signed by the applicant or by the agent or representative
where an authorisation of agent exists.
Please refer to sections 20 and 21 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act,
before completing this Form.
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FORm nO. 2
PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT (Ch. 82:75)
InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
TEChnICAL quESTIOnnAIRE
(To be completed together with an application for the grant of
a plant breeder’s right)
1. Species:
2. Applicant(s) name(s) and address(es):
3. Proposed denomination or breeder’s reference:
4. Information on origin, maintenance and reproduction
of the variety:
5. Characteristics of the variety (the number in brackets
refers to the corresponding characteristics in the Test
guidelines). Please mark the state of expression which
best corresponds.
Characteristics Example Note
Varieties
Regulation 6(2).
For Official use
Application No.:
Date of Filing:
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6. Similar varieties and differences from these varieties:
Denomination Characteristic State of expression State of
of similar in which of similar expression
variety the similar variety of candidate
variety is variety
different *
*In the case of identical states of expression of both varieties,
please indicate the size of the difference.
7. Additional information which may help to distinguish the variety:
7.1 Resistance to pests and diseases (Please specify races/strains,
if possible);
7.2 Special conditions for the examination of the variety:
7.3 Other information:
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FORm nO. 2
General
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Please consult section 20 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act,
before filling in this Form.
Item 1
The particulars stated must allow for the exact identification of the variety
under both its botanical and technical aspects. The Latin name of the most
suitable taxonomical unit (genus, specie, subspecies) should be stated together
with the common name.
Item 2
If the address is the same as that used in the application for plant breeder’s
right (Form No. 1), add only the name(s) of the applicant(s) under this Item.
Item 3
The variety must be filed in each member State under the same
denomination. Accents may not be deleted from a variety denomination.
Please state the breeder’s reference.
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT (Ch. 82:75)
InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
PROPOSAL FOR A VARIETy DEnOmInATIOn
(Note: Please consult the instructions before completing)
1. (a) This proposal refers to the variety filed under
application number:
(b) Initially proposed denomination or breeder’s
reference:
2. (a) Proposer(s) name(s) and address(es):
(b) Address to which correspondence is to be sent:
(c) This is the address / / of the proposer / / of one
of the proposers
/ / of the agent/representative
(authorisation of agent form
attached / / for service)
3. Species and crop:
4. Proposed denomination (in block letters):
For Official use
Application No.:
Date of Receipt:
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5. Denomination submitted or registered in other member
States of UPOV:
State Stage Denomination (if different from
Item 3 above).
6. / / The proposed denomination has been filed or registered
for the proposer(s) as a trade mark in the State of
application, in a UPOV member State or with the
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) in respect of products that are
identical or similar within the meaning of trade mark law.
State and/or Date of application Date of registration Registration
WIPO Number
7. Trade mark renunciation in accordance with section 26 of
the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act.
I/We hereby propose the variety denomination and declare
that to the best of my/our knowledge the information given
in this Form and in the annex(es) is complete and correct.
*Signature(s)
.......................................... .............................
†(Applicant/ Date/place
Agent/Representative)
.......................................... .............................
†(Applicant/ Date/place
Agent/Representative)
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Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
“State of application” means the State in which the application was filed.
“UPOV” means the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties
of Plants.
* State name (in block letters) under signature(s) and delete whichever is
not applicable.
†This Form must be signed by the applicant or by the agent or
representative where an authorisation of agent exists.
Please refer to section 24 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act,
before completing this Form.
Item 1
Where this Form is filed simultaneously with the application for the grant
of a plant breeder’s right (Form No. 1) nothing is to be entered under this Item.
However, where this Form is filed at a later stage the number which the
Intellectual Property Office has allotted the application for plant breeder’s
right is to be stated under Item 1(a).
Item 2
If the address(es) is/are the same as that used in the application for grant
of a plant breeder’s right, add only the name(s) of the proposer(s). Please refer
to the instructions for Form No. 1, Item 2.
Item 3
The particulars stated under this Item must allow for the exact
identification of the variety under both its botanical and technical aspects. The
Latin name of the most suitable taxonomical unit (genus, specie, subspecies)
should be stated together with the common name.
Item 4
The variety must be filed in each member State under the same
denomination. Accents may not be deleted from a variety denomination.
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Item 5
Specify all prior variety denominations without exception in
chronological order. The variety denominations used are to be stated at the end
of the list.
In the column headed “Stage” use the following abbreviations:
A—application pending.
B—denomination rejected.
C— denomination withdrawn.
D—denomination accepted.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR REGISTRATIOn OF An
ASSIGnmEnT OR TRAnSFER
(To be accompanied by an original or a certified copy of the deed of assignment
or transfer or other document which establishes title or by a statement of claim to
ownership of the variety and by the prescribed fee)
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE for the registration of
the assignment or transfer of:
/ / grant of a plant breeder’s right application number*
/ / plant breeder’s right registration number*
1. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the request:
2. (a) The application/right was assigned/transferred by/to
the person(s) making this request by:
/ / contract / / Court
/ / succession / / other
(b) State particulars of contract, etc.
3. Name(s) and address(es) of assignor(s):
4. Name(s) and address(es) of assignee(s):
5. My/Our address for service in Trinidad and Tobago is:
For Official use
File No.:
Date of Filing:
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6. Documents attached:
/ / Original or certified copy of deed of assignment or transfer
/ / Original or certified copy of contract
/ / Other document establishing title
/ / Statement of claim to ownership of the variety
/ / Form No. 5
I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form and in the annex(es) is
complete and correct.
†Signature(s)
................................... ...................................
(Place/date)
................................... ...................................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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General
* State the number which has been allotted to the application for the
plant breeder’s right or under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example 99-01-10).
Both the person(s) making the request as well as the assignor(s) or
assignee(s) are required to sign this request.
Where the Controller, Intellectual Property Office so requests, this Form
must be followed by the filing of Form No. 5.
Please refer to sections 9 to 11 and to section 13 of the Protection of New
Plant Varieties Act, before filling in this Form.
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making the request who
may either be the assignor(s)/transferor(s) of the plant breeder’s right or its
assignee(s)/ transferee(s).
Item 2
State by what means the application for the grant of a plant breeder’s right
was assigned or transferred and give particulars. If by the Court, please state
High Court action number and date of judgment.
Item 3
State the name(s) and address(es) of the assignor(s) or person(s) making
the assignment or transfer, if different from Item 1.
Item 4
State the name(s) and address(es) of the assignee(s) or person(s) in whose
favour the assignment or transfer was made, if different from Item 1.
Item 5
Please refer to regulation 28 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties
Regulations.
Item 6
A successor in title must prove his title, whether it was obtained by
assignment or succession. If it is proposed to attach a statement of claim, please
consult regulation 11(2) of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Regulations.
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*I/We .....................................................................................
............................... of .......................................................
do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the particulars
set out in the Statement of Claim to Ownership of the Variety
exhibited and marked ...........................................................
........................................... and filed by me/us in connection
with my/our request to be registered as the successor(s) in title
or new owner(s) of application number ............................... for
the grant of a plant breeder’s right/plant breeder’s right
registration number* ................... are true and correct in every
material fact and document affecting the present ownership of
the above mentioned application/plant breeder’s right*.
And I/We make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true and according to the Statutory
Declarations Act, Ch. 7:04 and I am/we are aware that if there
is any statement in this declaration which is false in fact which
I/we know or believe to be false or do not believe to be true that
I am/we are liable to fine and imprisonment.
Declared at
by the above-named †
the above-named
this .......... day of ................... , 20.....
Before me ‡
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
DECLARATIOn
(To be accompanied by a statement of claim to ownership of the variety)
For Official use
Date of Filing:
Regulation
11(3).
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General
* Delete whichever is not applicable.
† This declaration may be made and, if made, must be signed by the
person(s) making the request in Form No. 4.
‡ If made in Trinidad and Tobago this declaration must be made before
a Commissioner of Affidavit, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace or
other officer authorised in law to administer an oath for the purpose of
legal proceedings. If made outside of Trinidad and Tobago it must be
made before a Trinidad and Tobago Consul or Notary Public.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
DECLARATIOn OF REnunCIATIOn
IN THE MATTER OF plant breeder’s right registration number*:
1. †I/We ................................................................................
of ......................................................................................
being the holder(s) of the above-mentioned plant
breeder’s right hereby declare that I/we renounce and
surrender all interest in said plant breeder’s right.
2. The date of termination of my/our interest is:
3. The date of expiration of the above-mentioned plant
breeder’s right is:
Regulation 13.
For Official use
Date of Receipt:
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4. Is the plant breeder’s right held jointly. If so, please state the
name(s) and address(es) of the other holder(s) of the right:
I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form is complete and correct.
‡Signature(s)
..................................... ....................................
(Place/date)
..................................... ....................................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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General
* State the number under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
† Delete whichever is not applicable.
‡ State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Date (s) should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making this
declaration. Such persons may be one or more of the holders of the plant
breeder’s right.
Item 2
If the renunciation is to take effect from or on a specific date, please state
date. Otherwise, in accordance with section 19(1) of the Protection of New
Plant Varieties Act, the date of termination shall be the date of receipt of this
Form by the Intellectual Property Office.
Item 3
The date of expiration of the plant breeder’s right shall be stated under
this Item.
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For Official use
File No.:
Date of Receipt:
FORm nO. 7
PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT (Ch. 82:75)
InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR AnnuLmEnT OF PLAnT
BREEDER’S RIGhT
(To be accompanied by a duplicate and the prescribed fee)
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE that plant breeder’s right
registration number* be declared null and void.
1. The right / / is subsisting / / has expired
2. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the request
3. Name(s) and address(es) of / / rightholder(s) / / former
rightholder(s)
4. (a) The ground(s) for the request is/are as follows:
(b) / / A written statement of the grounds for my/our
request is attached.
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5. My/Our address for service in Trinidad and Tobago is:
I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form and in the annex(es) is
complete and correct.
†Signature(s)
.................................... ...............................
(Place/date)
.................................... ...............................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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General
* State the number under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Date should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Item 1
State whether to the best of your knowledge the plant breeder’s right is
subsisting or has expired. If expired, state also the date of expiration, if known.
Item 2
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making the request.
Item 3
Where the right is subsisting state the name(s) and address(es) of the
rightholder(s). Where the right is expired the name(s) and address(es) of the
former rightholder(s) should be stated.
Item 4
Details of the ground(s) relied on for making this request should be stated
under this Item. Alternatively, if a statement of the grounds is attached, please
state. Please refer to sections 19 and 33 of the Protection of New Plant
Varieties Act.
Item 5
Please refer to regulation 28 of the Protection of New Plant
Varieties Regulations.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR FORFEITuRE OF PLAnT
BREEDER’S RIGhT
(To be accompanied by a duplicate)
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE that plant breeder’s right
registration number* be declared null and void.
1. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the request:
2. Name(s) and address(es) of rightholder(s):
3. (a) The ground(s) for the request is/are as follows:
(b) / / A written statement of the grounds for my/our
request is attached
4. My/Our address for service in Trinidad and Tobago is:
I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form and in the annex(es) is
complete and correct.
†Signature(s)
.............................. ..............................
(Place/date)
.............................. ..............................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
Regulation
15(2).
For Official use
File No.:
Date of Receipt:
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General
* State the number under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making the request.
Item 2
State the name(s) and address(es) of the rightholder(s).
Item 3
Details of the ground(s) relied on for making this request should be
stated under this Item. Alternatively, if a statement of the ground(s) is attached,
please state.
Item 4
Please refer to regulation 28 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties
Regulations.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR CAnCELLATIOn OF REGISTERED
VARIETy DEnOmInATIOn
(To be made in duplicate)
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE that the variety denomination
registered as number* be cancelled.
1. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the request:
2. Nature of the right(s)/interest(s) of person(s) making the
request:
/ / entitled to offer for sale or market the variety
/ / holder(s) of plant breeder’s right
/ / other (please specify)
3. (a) The ground(s) for the request is/are as follows:
(b) / / A written statement of the ground(s) for my/our
request is attached
(c) / / Evidence in support of the ground(s) for this
request is attached
4. Name(s) and address(es) of owner(s) of variety:
For Official use
File No.:
Date of Receipt:
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I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form is complete and correct.
†Signature(s)
.................................. ...............................
(Place/date)
.................................. ...............................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
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FORm nO. 9
General
* State the number under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making the request.
Item 2
The nature of the right(s) or interest(s) of the person(s) making this
request should be stated. If the person making the request is not the holder of
the registered right, please state whether the right holder has agreed to the
cancellation of the right or has participated in cancellation proceedings.
Item 3
Details of the ground(s) relied on for making this request should be stated.
Alternatively if a statement or evidence of the ground(s) is attached, please
state. Please refer to section 28 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act.
Item 4
The name(s) and address(es) of the owner(s) of the variety should be
stated, if different from Item 1.
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT VARIETIES ACT (Ch. 82:75)
InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
OPPOSITIOn
(To be accompanied by a duplicate and the prescribed fee)
IN THE MATTER OF the application number*
for grant of a plant breeder’s right
1. I/We
of
hereby give notice of my/our intention to oppose the grant
of a plant breeder’s right application number* .....................
which was published under the above number in the periodical
of the .................... day of ............................... 20......
No. page
2. (a) The grounds of opposition are as follows:
(b) / / A written statement of the grounds for my/request
is attached
(c) / / Evidence in support of the grounds for the request
is attached
3. My/Our address for service in Trinidad and Tobago is:
Regulation 20(1).
For Official use
File No.:
Date of Filing:
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I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form and in annex(es) is complete
and correct.
†Signature(s)
..................................... ..............................
(Place/date)
..................................... ..............................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
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General
* State the number which has been allotted to the application for plant breeder’s
right by the Intellectual Property Office.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example 99-01-10).
Please refer to section 32(2) of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act before
filling in this Form.
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) filing this opposition. State also
the particulars of the periodical in which the application for plant breeder’s right was
published by the Intellectual Property Office.
Item 2
State in detail the grounds on which the application is opposed. Alternatively,
attach a statement of the grounds. If evidence in support of the ground(s) is attached,
please state.
Item 3
Please refer to regulation 28 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties
Regulations.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR ThE REGISTRATIOn OF A LICEnCE
COnTRACT OR COmPuLSORy LICEnCE
(To be accompanied by the prescribed fee)
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE for the registration of a
/ / Licence Contract / / Compulsory Licence
the particulars of which are as follows:
1. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the request:
2. Applicant(s)/Rightholder(s) name(s) and address(es):
3. Number of / / application for the grant of a plant breeder’s
right / / registered plant breeder’s right
4. Document(s) attached:
/ / original or certified copy of licence contract
/ / office copy of the Order of the Court
/ / other documents relating to the licence
Regulations 22
and 24(1).
For Official use
Date of Receipt:
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I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge
the information given in this Form and in the
annex(es) is complete and correct.
*Signature(s)
................................... .............................
(Place/date)
................................... .............................
(Place/date)
................................... .............................
Applicant/Holder (Place/date)
................................... .............................
Applicant/Holder (Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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General
* State name (in block letters) under signature(s). This request must be
signed both by the person(s) making the request and the applicant(s) or
holder(s) of the plant breeder’s right.
This Form may be used to request registration of any of the types of
licences mentioned in the Form. For the particular legal provisions relevant to
each type of licence, please consult Part XIV of the Protection of New Plant
Varieties Act, particularly sections 39 to 42 and section 44 of the Act.
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making the request.
Item 2
Delete whichever is not applicable. Where the request is made in respect
of an application for a plant breeder’s right, state the name(s) and address(es)
of the applicant(s). Where the request is made in respect of a plant breeder’s
right state the name(s) and address(es) of the holder(s) of the right.
Item 3
State either the number which has been allotted to the application for plant
breeder’s right or the number under which the plant breeder’s right has been
registered by the Intellectual Property Office.
Item 4
If the request is in respect of a licence contract, the Form should be
accompanied by an original or certified copy of the licence contract together
with all relevant annexes. If the request is in respect of a compulsory licence,
the Form should be accompanied by an office copy of the Order of the Court.
The prescribed fee is payable in respect of both requests.
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InTELLECTuAL PROPERTy OFFICE, TRInIDAD AnD TOBAGO
REquEST FOR CAnCELLATIOn OF REGISTERED
LICEnCE OF RIGhT
REQUEST IS HEREBY MADE that entry number*
in the Register be cancelled.
1. Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) making the
request:
2. Number of / / registered plant breeder’s right
/ / application for plant breeder’s right
3. (a) The grounds for the request are as follows:
(b) / / A written statement of the grounds for
my/our request is attached
(c) / / Evidence in support of the grounds for the
request is attached
4. Name(s) and address(es) of beneficiary(ies) and
whether or not they have agreed to the cancellation
of the entry
/ / Evidence of agreement is attached
For Official use
File No.:
Date of Receipt:
Regulation 23.
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I/We declare that to the best of my/our knowledge the
information given in this Form and in the annex(es) is
complete and correct.
†Signature(s)
..................................... ..............................
(Place/date)
..................................... ..............................
(Place/date)
To: The Controller, Intellectual Property Office
ministry of Legal Affairs
Port-of-Spain.
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* State the number of the entry in the Register of Plant Breeder’s Right
which is to be cancelled.
† State name (in block letters) under signature(s).
Dates should be written in the year, month, date order (for example
99-01-10).
Please refer to section 43 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act and
regulation 23 of the Protection of New Plant Varieties Regulations, before
completing this Form.
Item 1
State the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) making this request.
Where the request is made in respect of an application for a plant breeder’s
right state the name(s) and address(es) of the applicant(s). Where the request
is made in respect of a plant breeder’s right state the name(s) and address(es)
of the holder(s) of the right.
Item 2
State the number which has been allotted to the application for the plant
breeder’s right or under which the plant breeder’s right has been registered by
the Intellectual Property Office.
Item 3
Details of the ground(s) relied on for making this request should be stated.
Alternatively, if a statement or evidence of the grounds is attached, please state.
Item 4
If the person making the request is not the holder of the plant breeder’s
right, please signify the name(s) and address(es) of each beneficiary and
whether or not they have agreed to this request. The Controller may request
evidence of agreement. If so, please state whether such evidence is attached.
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PROTECTIOn OF nEW PLAnT
VARIETIES ORDER
made under section 8
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of New Plant
Varieties Order.
2. Hereunder is a list of plant families approved by the
Minister, as genera to which this Act applies:
Bromiliaceae and Orchidaceae;
Anthuriums;
Heliconiaceae;
Sterculiaceae;
Cajanus and Vigna; and
Theobroma cacao L.
124/1998.
[138/2004
34/2006
157/2009
159/2009].
Citation.
List of genera.
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