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[CITE: 7USC2566]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                  CHAPTER 57--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
 
           SUBCHAPTER III--PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS
 
Part L--Remedies for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection, and Other 
                                 Actions
 
Sec. 2566. Time limitation on damages

    (a) No recovery shall be had for that part of any infringement 
committed more than six years (or known to the owner more than one year) 
prior to the filing of the complaint or counterclaim for infringement in 
the action.
    (b) In the case of claims against the United States Government for 
unauthorized use of a protected variety, the period between the date of 
receipt of written claim for compensation by the department or agency of 
the Government having authority to settle such claim, and the date of 
mailing by the Government of a notice to the claimant that the claim has 
been denied shall not be counted as part of the period referred to in 
the preceding paragraph.

(Pub. L. 91-577, title III, Sec. 126, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1556; Pub. 
L. 103-349, Sec. 13(u), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3144.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-349 substituted ``the'' for ``his'' 
before ``claim has been denied''.


                    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.
