INFRINGEMENT OF PLANT VARIETIES – Meaning of Infringement (Section 64) Infringement occurs when any person, without the permission of the breeder or registered owner, performs acts that violate the exclusive rights granted under the Act. A registered variety is a legal property right. Any unauthorized commercial use amounts to infringement. A person is said to infringe a registered plant variety if he does the following acts without authorization: Selling or marketing the registered variety If a person sells, offers for sale, distributes, stores, exports or imports a registered variety without permission. Using the denomination (name) of a protected variety dishonestly Using a denomination that is identical or deceptively similar creates confusion and amounts to infringement. Producing, reproducing or propagating the registered variety Unauthorized multiplication, propagation or any activity that enables reproduction of a registered variety is infringement. Usi...
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