7 USC § 2561 - Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2561"
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title: "7 USC § 2561 - Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2561"
section_name: "Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS"
part_number: "L"
part_name: "Remedies for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection, and Other Actions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(t), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3144.)"
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# § 2561. Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection

section 2541 of this title

An owner shall have remedy by civil action for infringement of plant variety protection under . 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title III, § 121, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(t), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3144.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— struck out “his” before “plant” in first sentence.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .