How Can I Know If My Cultivar Is New and Distinct for Patenting Purposes? “So how can I know if the cultivar I bred is really new and distinct enough for patenting, because I heard it’s required for a cultivar to be ‘new and distinct’ in order to be patentable?” Here’s my answer: It is …
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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 …
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Attacking Overbroad Patents – One Person’s Evidence is Everyone’s Defense
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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Protection for Your Genetics That Is Free* and Never Expires** (Read the Fine Print)
THE PHYLOS FIASCO WAS A WAKE-UP CALL TO BREEDERS DNA Is Not Required For Patenting — Never Has Been In the wake of the Phylos controversy, many are wondering about the need for DNA sequence information in patents. That’s a complicated question in some ways, because the answer has some layers and explanations to it. …
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COMMON BUT VERY AVOIDABLE MISTAKES IN PLANT PATENTING Protect Those Cultivars, But Do It Right Plant breeders must devote many years and tremendous effort to develop a new plant variety with strong commercial potential. In order to protect all that effort from illicit copying (propagating), many choose to seek protection under the U.S. plant patent …
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Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill has changed the dynamics of the industrial hemp industry in the US and – probably by extension – worldwide. If you are a hemp breeder or run a seed company and are developing some unique genetics, you may be wondering how you can best structure a nationwide or international …
Hemp IP After the Farm Bill: Patenting Your Genetics – Powerful, Affordable Protection Read More »
Suppose you are a plant breeder. You know there is significant demand for a table grape that ripens two weeks earlier than anything currently on the market. Who wants to buy grapes imported from half a world away, where the seasons are different, or grapes that have been sitting in storage, if there could be …
