Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of plant variety protection

7 U.S. Code § 2570. Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of plant variety protection

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Any State, any instrumentality of a State, and any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in the official capacity of the officer or employee, shall not be immune, under the eleventh amendment of the Constitution of the United States or under any other doctrine of sovereign immunity, from suit in Federal court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity, for infringement of plant variety protection under section 2541 of this title, or for any other violation under this subchapter.
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