The farmers who have been sued by PepsiCo for violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for growing a certain variety of potato said that while they have heard of the company's plan to withdraw the petition, they haven't got anything that confirms the move.
The farmers and farmers' rights organisations said the company's announcement is nothing new as earlier too, they had talked of conditional withdrawal. "The withdrawal should be unconditional and they should compensate the farmers for harassment. They should also assure us that in future, no farmers will be sued," said Shah.