Henhouse said:Thank-you to everyone for all this great information.
Frankly, I wouldn't care if it was the AIS, a European, or a worldwide organization that straightened out the naming mess. If I had Liv Tyler, I wouldn't want to walk into a nursery and see Comptess de Provence and think I was getting something I didn't already have. It takes away the spontaneity of buying a rose for me.. That can't be good for the industry if more people felt that way.
Sherri .. that issue has been at the heart of the whole registration mess since forever. In the 1800s, it was very common for a breeder from, let's say England, to visit a nursery/rose grower/breeder in France and obtain a plant and take it home and rename it and reintroduce it as a new rose. That's why many ogrs have multiple names. The guys from France often did the same kind of thing.
The formal rose registration process doesn't even cover all of the countries that are not a part of either of the primary rose registration entities. Think India, Argentina, Greece, etc. Oh, and don't forget the roses bred behind the iron curtain.
Then each country has its own plant patent laws. Oh, joy ! I've heard that the US patent law is changing again in March of next year.
Added to the above, as Zuzu mentioned, there are thousands of unregistered roses.
There isn't a worldwide organization that is willing to take on the task simply because there isn't enough money in it for them to take it on.
Since rose buyers have been dealing with this problem for centuries, I don't think this kind of re-naming a rose is going to go away easily.
I know I certainly wouldn't want to take on a task of that nature.
