s for members to encourage plant breeding by granting breeders of new plant varieties an intellectual property right: the breeder's right. In the case of a variety protected by a breeder's right, the authorization of the breeder is required to propagate the variety mercial purposes. The breeder's right is granted by the individual UPOV members. Three cases are compulsory exceptions to the breeder's right (1991 Act of the UPOV Convention), namelybreeding other varieties("breeder's exemption"), acts done forexperimental purposes, acts done privately and mercial purposes.Seed change is not allowed without consent of rights holder, and use in breeding is allowed but sharing rights in case of essentially-derived varieties (EDV).
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