Title 7 — Agriculture
Part L · Chapter 57 — Plant Variety Protection
§ 2561. Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection
Statutory text
An owner shall have remedy by civil action for infringement of plant variety protection under section 2541 of this title. If a variety is sold under the name of a variety shown in a certificate, there is a prima facie presumption that it is the same variety.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 91–577 title III § 121 · 84 Stat. 1542
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2561
Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 121. Remedy for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection. An owner shall have remedy by civil action for infringement of his plant variety protection under section 111. If a variety is sold under the name of a variety shown in a certificate, there is a prima facie presumption that it is the same variety.Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994
Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(t) · 108 Stat. 3136
Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2561
Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “his” before “plant” in first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “his” before “plant” in first sentence.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(t) Section 121 (7 U.S.C. 2561) is amended by striking “his”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–349 struck out “his” before “plant” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after , see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
Credits
1970–1994 · 2 acts
- 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, , 84 Stat. 1556
- 1994Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(t), , 108 Stat. 3144.
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(Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, , 84 Stat. 1556; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(t), , 108 Stat. 3144.)