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Publications

  • What if Seeds were not Patentable?

    Michigan State Law Review

    In 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court held that seeds were patentable subject matter. Protection of agricultural intellectual property through private ordering has provided the incentives necessary to promote investment and innovation in seeds. It has not been the patentability of seeds that has led to agricultural advances, but rather the profitability of licensing agricultural intellectual property. Learn More