Say No to UPOV '91

[HITTGrapevine]

FarmRanger, You are correct farmers will retain the
"right" to use farm saved seed under UPOV 91. But
they will lose the right to use it royalty free. Call the
CFIA's PBR office and ask them.

[FarmRanger]

I don’t think you can necessarily infer that farmers would have to pay a royalty on their own saved seed G****vine. The CSTA has a good comparison of UPOV78 to 91 at:
<a href="http://cdnseed.org/archive/pdfs/Fact%20Sheets/EnglishUPOVPBR2011.pdf">CSTA Factsheet</a>

<i>"• Expands the scope to also require the authorization of the breeder
for conditioning for the purposes of propagation; offering for sale;
selling or other marketing; importing; stocking; and exporting.
• Also extends the right to the harvested material (e.g. grain produced
from a protected variety)<b> if the breeder has not had the opportunity
to exercise his right (collect a royalty, etc.) on the propagating material. </b>
• Also extends the right to essentially derived varieties. Where it can
be proven that a new variety has been derived from an initial variety
that is protected, and that new variety retains all of the same
characteristics of the initial variety, except for the one characteristic
that makes it different, the breeder of the initial variety has right over
the derived variety, and must authorize its commercialization."

[Oliver88]

There will be a bad scene if royalties are charged
on harvested grain......sounds like an extra
mandatory checkoff.

Not liking the potential of a royalty.