Lol I’ll get those checks sent out in the morning 
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I have purchased boatloads of non cannabis seeds for more than a few decades (non commercial use), and only in the bizzaro world of cannabis seeds (“breeding”/selling) are there any restrictions (implicit or explicit) on the use of seeds made from seeds purchased from “breeders” that are unable to provide even remotely homogeneous plants from their “breeding” results. WOW…
I am not a lawyer but look here;
Plant patents provide much narrower protection than utility patents. A utility patent gives its owner the right to prevent anyone in the US from making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing the claimed invention. A plant patent gives its owner similar rights, but only for clones of the patented plant. In other words, a plant patent does not cover plants grown from seeds of the patented mother plant.
from this;
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Not true. As I mentioned before, food crops like soybeans 100% are proprietary and any subsequent seed generations or offspring.
Genetic markers in them.
Id almost bet my life that there are some fruit and veggie seeds that are like this too. And if not then there will be soon
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Yeah you better check with Monsanto on that one.
They sue people with their generic markers in hybrids.
Because Monsanto required the signing of a contract before purchasing their GMO seeds.
Significant legal difference.
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The answer is nobody. That is actually one of the beautiful things about weed and plants in general.
If somebody wants to claim ownership then they should make sure they are the only one with it.
I bought my vegetable seeds from a company that specializes in heirloom and very rare genetics. When I bought them not only was I not told not to make my own seeds with theirs , it was encouraged by them including sending me a book that shows me how to do just that along with their seeds.
Ownership and asking things of people who are testing for you are two very different things as well IMHO
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Plant / utility patents and plant variety protection (by treaty):
There are differences but also similarities (e.g. homogenous traits).
Some of this stuff has been discussed before in other threads. While not directly the same, there is some interesting content here on copyright versus patent versus PVP versus licensing etc:
Also, see:
And, genetically engineered plants may have entirely different protections when employing patents or other protection mechanisms.
None of this is easy nor inexpensive to prosecute.
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truth to that ask that old farmer in Indiana that was buying the bottom layer of soy from grain
silos
he planted his fields with this for years as did many people Monsanto pounded him
in court
because the seed were Round Up ready
the organic canola farmer in Canada lost in court because
someones GMO boys pollinated his Organic girls he saved seeds from is field corps to plant
as he was breeding his own line of Canola
well he was taken to court as his seed were Round Up Ready and lost
there you are settled court cases in two countries that set the legal precedent
that they can sue and win with their patents
Dequilo
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Monsanto has done horrible things around the world , look into what they have done to Hawaii with there farming practices. They tried to take over a large part of Mexico’s agriculture but the cartel burned there fields and explained there people would become fertilizer if they came back.
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Yeah but that marker is in their seeds.
Look at the Canadian farmers canola oil.
Generations upon generations of seeds ruined and owned by monsanto.
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