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Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law No. 115–334), United States of America
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Year of Version
2018
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Signature:
December 20, 2018
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Plant Variety Protection,
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Section 10108 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334) (also called "2018 Farm Act") amended sections 41(a), 42(a), 111(a)(3), 128(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA), which are codified in sections 2401(a), 2402(a), 2541(a)(3) and 2568(a) in Chapter 57 "Plant Variety Protection" under Title 7 "Agriculture" of the U.S. Code (7 U.S.C.), by adding a definition for the term “asexually reproduced” as it pertains to plant propagation.
These amendments add authority to offer intellectual property protection to breeders of new varieties of plants developed through asexual reproduction.
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