You may have noticed that while most selections contain the Trademark JS®, some of our varieties do not. In that case, you will see the abbreviation 'JS' in the variety name, followed by 'PBR', at the end of the name.

What do these abbreviations mean and what do they stand for?

JS® -the abbreviation for 'Jan Spruyt'-is a trademark.

With most varieties on the market, you cannot tell from the name who the breeder is.

To immediately recognise all Jan's selections, this trademark was created.

In the meantime, Spruyt Select varieties have received more and more publication and positive reactions (see also article ISU Awards). For us, JS® is therefore a quality label.

There is no obligation to apply this trademark. You might therefore find our varieties in another nursery, without the JS®.

Aster JS® 'Runner'.

Some of our varieties have the letters PBR at the back of the name.

PBR is the abbreviation of Plant Breeders' Rights and indicates that the plant is protected by European plant breeders' rights.

Our varieties are unique or innovative within their species. When we see that one of our breeding varieties really is an improvement on existing varieties, we register it for plant breeders' rights.  After a comparative examination in a specialised institution within Europe, PBR is granted or not.

Only with this grant is our selection fully protected. Only we can then propagate these plants or grant licence contracts to plant breeders selected by us.

Echinacea purpurea 'JS ROHO' PBR is protected with PBR.

When you use a trademark (such as JS®), the name is protected, but the plant behind this name is not. With European plant breeders' rights, propagation of these plants is not allowed by growers who have not obtained a licence from the breeder (here Jan Spruyt). It is our licensees who collect royalties for us when they sell their young plants and owe us these royalties in their own way.

Nobody is allowed to propagate these plants (always recognisable by the indication PBR at the end of the name) without the express written permission of the breeder (in this case Jan Spruyt).

We want our plants - protected by European plant breeders' rights - to guarantee that anyone trading or buying them knows that they have been bred by Jan Spruyt. That is why we provide every plant with plant breeders' rights with the abbreviation JS in the variety name.

You will still find some exceptions to this spelling, such as Aster JS® 'Eleven Purple' PBR or Panicum virgatum JS® 'Buffalo Green' PBR. Indeed, at the start of Spruyt Select, the strategy still had to be fine-tuned.

From now on, you can rest assured that plants, once registered for plant breeders' rights, will be correctly listed on the website and in the catalogue.

Aster JS® 'Eleven Purple' PBR has PBR, but not yet 'JS' in the denomination.

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