7 U.S.C. § 2542 — Grandfather clause
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-577 to r/title-7-AGRICULTURE · 52 words · no verdicts yet
A person may continue to reproduce or sell a variety the person developed and produced more than one year before an adverse plant-variety-protection application was effectively filed.
Nothing in this chapter limits the right of a person, or the person’s successor in interest, to reproduce or sell a variety that the person developed and produced more than one year before the effective filing date of an adverse application for a plant variety protection certificate.
Nothing in this chapter shall abridge the right of any person, or the successor in interest of the person, to reproduce or sell a variety developed and produced by such person more than one year prior to the effective filing date of an adverse application for a certificate of plant variety protection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 112, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1555; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(r), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3144.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-577 · 84 Stat. 1555
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-349 · 108 Stat. 3144
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-577 on 1970-12-24.
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