Without licensed Cannabis seeds or seedlings Mayne could face criminal charges. It's a common misconception that plants can't be patented. Believe it or not it is very similar to the movie, music, and software industry. Just because they are plants does not make them impervious to patent laws. Many types of plants are bred for certain traits then patented. The breeders then sell the license to propagators who in turn sell it to retail/wholesale establishments like greenhouses or dispensaries who then retail it to the public.isnt weed legal in canada?
Without licensed Cannabis seeds or seedlings Mayne could face criminal charges. It's a common misconception that plants can't be patented. Believe it or not it is very similar to the movie, music, and software industry. Just because they are plants does not make them impervious to patent laws. Many types of plants are bred for certain traits then patented. The breeders then sell the license to propagators who in turn sell it to retail/wholesale establishments like greenhouses or dispensaries who then retail it to the public.
It's actually very interesting if you get into it. Breeders like Dummen-Orange and Proven Winner sell the license to their plants to propagators like Four Star Greenhouses and Malmborg Greenhouses. The propagators then have the right to take cuttings or seeds for these plants and propagate them by the thousands. They then sell them to retail greenhouses who retail them to the public or wholesalers who sell them to retailers like Lowes, Home Depot , and Walmart.wtf? im going to have to read up on this.
I do think it's hilarious that the licenced industry in Canada got their start from these illegal seeds and now the only way to 'legally' grow plants is to purchase from them. It's a grey area and i really doubt that anyone would get in trouble for it (could be wrong, would love to see examples)Without licensed Cannabis seeds or seedlings Mayne could face criminal charges. It's a common misconception that plants can't be patented. Believe it or not it is very similar to the movie, music, and software industry. Just because they are plants does not make them impervious to patent laws. Many types of plants are bred for certain traits then patented. The breeders then sell the license to propagators who in turn sell it to retail/wholesale establishments like greenhouses or dispensaries who then retail it to the public.
I do think it's hilarious that the licenced industry in Canada got their start from these illegal seeds and now the only way to 'legally' grow plants is to purchase from them. It's a grey area and i really doubt that anyone would get in trouble for it (could be wrong, would love to see examples)
I totally agree. Give Mayne a coolcoin!
I'd need to have the Mods to approve that one, and they aren't exactly Mayne's biggest fans. I can't want to see the harvest shots and the giant celebratory blunt smoke at the end of this thing, though
Monsanto has spent millions developing and breeding the genetics of their product why shouldn't they be allowed to protect that by filing a patent? Same goes for other breeders like I mentioned above such as Dummen-Orange and Proven Winner. They spend millions of dollars and years of time developing new varieties of plants for the landscape why would it not be ok for them to patent that plant when it is ready for mass production?It is BS that it's even possible to patent plants. Thankfully it's something that's pretty hard to enforce though unless you're a large scale operation.
Monsanto is actually very bad for that, as a farmer you're not even allowed to reuse your own seeds from your own crops. It's ridiculous they can make rules like that.
It is BS that it's even possible to patent plants. Thankfully it's something that's pretty hard to enforce though unless you're a large scale operation.
Monsanto is actually very bad for that, as a farmer you're not even allowed to reuse your own seeds from your own crops. It's ridiculous they can make rules like that.
Monsanto has spent millions developing and breeding the genetics of their product why shouldn't they be allowed to protect that by filing a patent? Same goes for other breeders like I mentioned above such as Dummen-Orange and Proven Winner. They spend millions of dollars and years of time developing new varieties of plants for the landscape why would it not be ok for them to patent that plant when it is ready for mass production?
It helps protect their investment otherwise people like me could just order one 50 count cell tray from the licensed propagator and then I could take my own cuttings and root them and never pay again. How is that fair to the breeder and the propagator? How are they suppose to make a return on their investment if I just buy it once and then take cuttings from that point on and sell them?
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I hear this reasoning a lot especially when it comes to plants. For whatever reason people want to believe that plants should be free to whoever wants them or because you paid for them once you are entitled to propagate them as many times as you want after the initial purchase. Some people I talk to don't even realize that plants can be patented. They just think that because plants are part of nature they should be free for everyone.Because it's retarded to apply artificial limitations to something that is otherwise possible to do. Farmers should have every right to do what they want with the seeds that they paid money for, and the plants that result from them. Imagine if lumber companies started applying restrictions saying you're not allowed to reuse scrap pieces because they want you to buy more lumber or not allowed to disassemble something you built to reuse the lumber. Once you pay money for a product you should be allowed to use it for what you want and if you can repair it or reuse it in any way then that should be your right.
IP laws are needed to some extent, but they are way too powerful these days and actually hinder more people than they help. They're out of control and getting more and more restrictive and only really designed to benefit megacorporations and encourage greed.
That said it's a good thing that it's hard to enforce this stuff in small scale. If I want to repair my own equipment (often illegal depending on the equipment), or replant seeds from a fruit I bought or build something for my own use even if the tech happens to be patented , it's going to be pretty hard for the government to really know I did it. For large scale stuff, then you just want to do more research and make sure whatever product you buy is not going to apply some stupid arbitrary limitations to you.
That depends on you. Read the link I provided because it goes into detail on how the laws are defined by the courts and what you can and cannot do to protect your patented Chaotic42 tomato.So what happens if I patent a new tomato, the Chaotic42 and someone, with a license, plants it. It crossbreeds with an 'open source' tomato, call it 'A' and makes a new plant. Do I own Chaotic42A? Do I own half of it?
"It has never been, nor will it be, Monsanto policy to exercise its patent rights where trace amounts of our patented traits are present in farmers’ fields as a result of inadvertent means.
-Monsanto
Nice!, has the LED lights affected your electric bill noticeably?. If this was allowed everywhere in the US 90% of illegal weed transactions would be gone..