Don’t You Wish You Could Copyright a Plant Variety? You’re a plant breeder. You have developed a new variety that you want to propagate and sell. You would really like to put it out there so that all your hard work could pay off and so that everyone could enjoy how great your variety is. …
Plant Law: Don’t You Wish You Could Copyright a Plant Variety? Read More »
By Dale Hunt Photo Credit: My 420 Tours – Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Several years ago, I was sharing drinks and conversation with some friends at a Cannabis industry meeting when the topic of correct terminology arose. Specifically, this happened when I used the term “strain” in the way …
Guest Writer: Ian Johnson, Registered Patent Agent, Plant & Planet Law Firm Introduction Over the past two decades, cannabis has seen increasing public approval, reflected in legalization of medical and recreational marijuana at the state level and federal legalization of industrial hemp. As cannabis and related industries expand, participants are expected to seek competitive …
Cannabis Patents 2000 – 2019: Trends Following Legalization Read More »
Attacking Overbroad Patents – One Person’s Evidence is Everyone’s Defense
You, Too, Can Be a Patent Stalker or a Patent Geek – Intro to “Public PAIR”
Why Open-Source in Cannabis Genetics Doesn’t Work – And How to Fix It
Demand This in Your Business Relationships: Transparency, Accountability, Trustworthiness
Still So Much Confusion about IP Options for Cannabis – Let’s Fix That
HOW’S THAT FOR A TITLE? YOU’D BETTER READ ON Hubbub Is a Word and It Happened This Week I always get the best blog ideas from questions that come up during the week, and this week was no exception. A friend of mine whom I haven’t yet met in person (interesting times, these) brought to …
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BECOME BIG AG’S EDIBLE Big Ag Will Have You Conform or Go Under I wrote last week about how Big Ag combines its patent strategies with commodity-market pressures to force farmers to stop growing their own plants and start growing Big Ag’s patented GMO plants or eventually …
