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.
7 U.S.C. § 2542
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1994- 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.