§ 2566. Time limitation on damages

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. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–577 title III § 126 · 84 Stat. 1542

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2566

   Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 126, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 126, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 126. Time Limitation on Damages. (a) No recovery shall be had for that part of any infringement committed more than six years (or known to the owner more than one year) prior to the filing of the complaint or counterclaim for infringement in the action. (b) In the case of claims against the United States Government for unauthorized use of a protected variety, the period between the date of receipt of written claim for compensation by the department or agency of the Government having authority to settle such claim, and the date of mailing by the Government, of a notice to the claimant that his claim has been denied shall not be counted as part of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph.

2. 1994

   Plant Variety Protection Act Amendments of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–349 § 13(u) · 108 Stat. 3136

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 2566(b)

   Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the” for “his” before “claim has been denied”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the” for “his” before “claim has been denied”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (u) Section 126(b) (7 U.S.C. 2566(b)) is amended by striking “his” and inserting “the”.

   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.

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