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  • 11 January 2024
  • European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
  • 1 min read

PepsiCo wins appeal against Indian attempt to remove Potato Patent

India's Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Authority in 2021 revoked the intellectual protection for the U.S. snacks and drinks maker's FC5 potato variety, saying Indian rules did not allow seed varieties to be patented.
PepsiCo petitioned the Delhi High Court against the decision, but in July 2023 judge Navin Chawla dismissed its appeal. The company then appealed to the same court to reverse that decision.
In a judgement dated Jan. 9, Delhi High Court judges Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma reversed the July 2023 ruling.
Thus the court has effectively quashed the decision that removed PepsiCo Inc's (PEP.O) patent for the potato variety used to make its popular Lay's potato chips. Read more in this article.

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Publication date
11 January 2024
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European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency