Partner Anna Gregson has co-authored an article in The Patent Lawyer on “From the seed of an idea to IP: protecting new plant varieties in key markets.”
The article discusses the measures which companies developing new plants can put in place to protect their innovation. It highlights how utility patents have both pros and cons for protecting plant varieties, while a combination of other options may be optimal, including US plant patents and plant variety rights (PVRs).
Read the article in full here.
