U.S. Plant Rights
The United States is unique in having two separate intellectual property systems for plant varieties.
Commercialization
Obtaining intellectual property protection for a plant variety or a business based on plant genetics is only part of the challenge.
International Protection
Most countries that have a system for intellectual property protection of plants.
Dr. Dale Hunt is a plant scientist, a Cannabis lawyer and registered
U.S. patent attorney with over 20 years of experience protecting
plant varieties in the United States and throughout the world.
Dr. Hunt is the founder of Plant & Planet Law Firm (PlantAndPlanet.com). Dr. Hunt also created and maintains MJPatentsWeekly.com, a website which is updated weekly, with over 10,000 Cannabis-related patents and patent applications from the US and Canada, as well as international applications published under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
Education:
- JD – law, UC Berkeley
- PhD – molecular/cellular biology, UC San Diego
- MS – plant genetics, Brigham Young University
- BS – botany, Brigham Young University