Legal Opinion
Asgrow Seed Company v. Denny Winterboer and Becky Winterboer, D/B/A Deebee's
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 25, 1993No. 92-1048PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Dennis and Becky Winterboer appeal a permanent injunction and order granting Asgrow Seed Company’s motion for summary judgment. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa held that 7 U.S.C. § 2543 (1988) (the crop exemption) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA or Act) quantitatively limits a farmer’s sale of PVPA seed to the amount of seed necessary to grow another crop (ensuing crop limitation). Asgrow Seed Co. v. Winterboer, 795 F.Supp. 915, 22 USPQ2d 1937 (N.D.Iowa 1991). Because the district court misinterpreted the PVPA crop exemption,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Diamond v. ChakrabartySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- National Cable Television Association, Inc. v. American Cinema Editors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
- Asgrow Seed Co. v. WinterboerDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1991
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Asgrow Seed Company v. Denny Winterboer and Becky Winterboer, D/B/A Deebee'sCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
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