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Untenable interpretation -Shalini Bhutani

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published Published on May 2, 2019   modified Modified on May 2, 2019
-DNAIndia.com

The infringement suit filed by PepsiCo against Gujarat’s potato farmers is based on legally flawed premises

The infringement suit filed by PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd (PIH), Indian subsidiary of the US multinational corporation, against potato farmers in Gujarat is premised on an untenable interpretation of law on plant breeders in the country.  Yet, on the basis of a claim of an infringement of its potato variety by the accused farmers, the company makes an offer for a ‘settlement’, but with conditions.

Both houses of the Indian Parliament passed the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act in 2001.  As explained by M S Swaminathan, this would be the first Act in the world to simultaneously consider farmers’ and breeders’ rights. That makes the law unique.

The opening lines of the legislation explain that it is meant to establish protection for both farmers and plant breeders. Our legislators in all their wisdom guaranteed rights to farmers as conservers, cultivators and breeders. In the case at hand, the rights of the defendant-farmers as cultivators of an IPR-protected variety are under question.

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DNAIndia.com, 1 May, 2019, https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-untenable-interpretation-2744730?fbclid=IwAR1GVAEV6hpLQDZXnmOAE9oAJcnFR6T0b90E5FTq7CZW9dr6Be__oJRJDuA


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