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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.

  1. 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. 1556

    Enacted 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.

  2. 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
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, , 84 Stat. 1556
  2. 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.)

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