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Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 57 - Plant Variety Protection
Subchapter III - Plant Variety Protection and Rights
Part K - Infringement of Plant Variety Protection
Sec. 2542 - Grandfather clause
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| 7 U.S.C. § 2542 (2021) |
| §2542. Grandfather clause |
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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. |
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(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.) |
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1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted "the successor in interest of the person" for "his successor in interest". STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT 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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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 57 - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER III - PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS Part K - Infringement of Plant Variety Protection Sec. 2542 - Grandfather clause |
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| January 3, 2022 |
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| 84 Stat. 1555 108 Stat. 3144 |
| Public Law 91-577, Public Law 103-349 |
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