Plant Patents – How the Cannabis industry may revive an archaic intellectual property instrument
Plant patents are an overlooked, even archaic area of patent law. Since the green revolution of the 1970s, and the...
Federal Circuit Proceeding with IP Case Suggests Cannabis Patents Enforceable under Federal Law
Even though cannabis has been legalized in some states, it remains a schedule 1 controlled substance under federal law. The...
Patents Do Not Reward Discovery, They Incentivize Disclosure
A common misconception views patents as some sort of reward for novel discovery. In fact, patents exist to facilitate public...