In recent developments in a years-long conflict over Canadian-bred cherries, the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has vacated a prior order invalidating a U.S. plant patent over the Staccato cherry tree...more
5/29/2025
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On Thursday, January 25, 2024, the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Office (U.S. PVPO) announced that the Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) Offices of Canada and Japan are now accepting Distinctness, Uniformity, and Stability (DUS)...more
In Canada, plant breeders’ rights are a form of intellectual property under the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act of 1990. The intent of the 1990 act was to encourage plant breeding in Canada by strengthening the protections for new...more