7 U.S.C. Chapter 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION

• § 2321— Establishment
• § 2322— Seal
• § 2323— Organization
• § 2324— Restrictions on employees as to interest in plant variety protection
• § 2326— Regulations
• § 2327— Plant Variety Protection Board
• § 2328— Library
• § 2329— Register of protected plant varieties
• § 2330— Publications
• § 2331— Copies for public libraries
• § 2351— Day for taking action falling on Saturday, Sunday, or holiday
• § 2352— Form of papers filed
• § 2353— Testimony in Plant Variety Protection Office cases
• § 2354— Subpoenas; witnesses
• § 2355— Effect of defective execution
• § 2356— Regulations for practice before the Office
• § 2357— Unauthorized practice
• § 2371— Plant variety protection fees
• § 2372— Payment of plant variety protection fees; return of excess amounts
• § 2401— Definitions and rules of construction
• § 2402— Right to plant variety protection; plant varieties protectable
• § 2403— Reciprocity limits
• § 2404— Public interest in wide usage
• § 2421— Application for recognition of plant variety rights
• § 2422— Content of application
• § 2423— Joint breeders
• § 2424— Death or incapacity of breeder
• § 2425— Benefit of earlier filing date
• § 2426— Confidential status of application
• § 2427— Publication
• § 2441— Examination of application
• § 2442— Notice of refusal; reconsideration
• § 2443— Initial appeal
• § 2461— Appeals
• § 2462— Civil action against Secretary
• § 2481— Plant variety protection
• § 2482— How issued
• § 2483— Contents and term of plant variety protection
• § 2484— Correction of Plant Variety Protection Office mistake
• § 2485— Correction of applicant’s mistake
• § 2486— Correction of named breeder
• § 2501— Reexamination after issue
• § 2504— Interfering plant variety protection
• § 2531— Ownership and assignment
• § 2532— Ownership during testing
• § 2541— Infringement of plant variety protection
• § 2542— Grandfather clause
• § 2543— Right to save seed; crop exemption
• § 2544— Research exemption
• § 2545— Intermediary exemption
• § 2561— Remedy for infringement of plant variety protection
• § 2562— Presumption of validity; defenses
• § 2563— Injunction
• § 2564— Damages
• § 2565— Attorney fees
• § 2566— Time limitation on damages
• § 2567— Limitation of damages; marking and notice
• § 2568— False marking; cease and desist orders
• § 2569— Nonresident proprietors; service and notice
• § 2570— Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of plant variety protection
• § 2581— Intent
• § 2582— Severability