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There is no doubt that the registered name of a plant variety may be used by anyone who markets plant material of that variety. However, in this specific case, the Supreme Court’s statement that \u201cthe term \u2018Persimmon\u2019 was used by the defendant to identify a specific variety of caqui<\/em>\u201d is noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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