Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60

§2569 Nonresident Proprietors; Service and Notice

Title 7 › Chapter 57— PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › Subchapter III— PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS › Part L— Remedies for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection, and Other Actions › § 2569

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Owners who live outside the United States must file with the Plant Variety Protection Office the name and U.S. address of a person in the United States who can accept legal papers about their plant variety rights. If that person cannot be found or none was named, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia will arrange service of notice and can act as if the owner were within its jurisdiction.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §2569

Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Every owner not residing in the United States may file in the Plant Variety Protection Office a written designation stating the name and address of a person residing within the United States on whom may be served process or notice of proceedings affecting the plant variety protection or rights thereunder. If the person designated cannot be found at the address given in the last designation, or if no person has been designated, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction and summons shall be served by publication or otherwise as the court directs. The court shall have the same jurisdiction to take any action respecting the plant variety protection, or rights thereunder that it would have if the owner were personally within the jurisdiction of the court.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 2569

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60