On May 7, 2013, Henan Jinyuan Seed Industry Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Weike Crop Breeding Science and Technology Co., Ltd. jointly published the "Announcement on the Production, Operation and Intellectual Property Rights of the New Maize Variety Weike 702" on the China Seed Business Network, Farmers' Daily, and the website of Henan Jinyuan Seed Industry Co. The main content is as follows:
Weike 702 is exclusively produced and operated by Henan Jinyuan Seed Industry Co., Ltd, and its parental propagation materials are professionally produced by the breeding unit.
Weike 702 variety right unit Zhengzhou Weike Crop Breeding Science and Technology Co., Ltd. has not licensed other units or individuals to produce and operate Weike 702. Any unit or individual without the authorization of the variety right unit to produce and operate the Weike 702, is an infringement of intellectual property rights and counterfeiting.
In order to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and variety right holders, the variety right unit will fully rely on the judicial and administrative units to combat all kinds of infringement and counterfeiting.