PepsiCo wins appeal against Indian attempt to remove potato patent – World

NEW DELHI: An Indian court has effectively quashed a decision that removed PepsiCo Inc’s patent for the potato variety used to make its popular Lay’s potato chips.

India’s Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Authority in 2021 revoked the intellectual protection for the US snacks and drinks maker’s FC5 potato variety, saying Indian rules did not allow seed…