MoFo Life Sciences

December 05, 2022 - Agtech, Regulatory, United States, Intellectual Property
USDA’s PVP System Embraces Transgenic and Gene Edited Plants
By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig, Christopher D Lew, Abby C. Burrus and Michael Ward Ph.D.
This is an excerpt from a longer piece. For more information on the history and landscape of PVPs on transgenic plants, read more. Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is a form of intellectual property protection administered through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for
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November 22, 2022 - FDA, Agtech, Regulatory
FDA Clears the Path to Lab-Grown Meat
By: Stacy Cline Amin, Simon Arlington, Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc and Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh
Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh, Law Clerk in San Diego, contributed to the drafting of this post. On November 16, 2022, FDA announced the completion of the first ever pre-market consultation process for a human food made from cultured animal cells, UPSIDE Food’s cell-cultured chicken. This
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November 11, 2022 - Agtech, Intellectual Property, Startup, Corporate + Venture Capital
Top Three IP Issues for AgTech Startups
By: Matthew A. Ferry and Edith A. Pierre-Jerome
Innovation, agriculture, and technology took center stage at San Diego’s first AgTech Hackathon. The event took place October 21 – 23 in the city of Escondido, a key farming hub in San Diego County looking to attract agtech startups to the region. The event
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October 28, 2022 - Intellectual Property, Agtech, Regulatory
Germany: Ministry of Health Grants First Glimpse on the Upcoming Cannabis Legalization and Seeks Green Light from the European Commission
By: Robert Grohmann
MoFo research assistant Tim Stripling contributed to this article. In November 2021, in its coalition agreement, the newly elected German Federal Government announced its plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use. Since then, it has been hotly debated by the cannabis industry in Germany
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October 21, 2022 - Agtech, Financing, Startup
Financing Options for an Early Stage Company in the Alternative Protein Industry
By: Simon Arlington and Matthew Dunlap
Having a clear picture of financing options is key for early-stage companies and will be relevant to players in the alternative protein industry generally, given the significant amounts of investment that the industry has seen in recent years (a record US $5bn was invested
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September 13, 2022 - Agtech, United Kingdom, Regulatory
Key Considerations for Early-Stage Companies in the Alternative Protein Industry
By: Simon Arlington
Companies in the UK are regulated by many statutes, ranging from those dictating how much tax they need to pay, to those centred on how they treat their employees. At a corporate level, the main statute that companies should be familiar with is the
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September 12, 2022 - Agtech, Regulatory, United States, Intellectual Property
Purple Tomato Is First Genetically Engineered Plant to Be Deregulated Through USDA’s New Regulatory Status Review Process
By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig
On September 7, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) announced the completion of the first Regulatory Status Review (RSR) of a genetically engineered plant under the SECURE rule. APHIS concluded that a new genetically engineered tomato
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August 26, 2022 - Agtech
Partnering with the Alternative Protein Sector
By: Michael Ward Ph.D.
Originally published on the Future Food-tech Alternative Proteins website. Morrison Foerster recent participated in the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit, where investors, brands, and start-ups met to unlock new partnership opportunities and showcase innovation across plant-based, cell-based, and microbial fermentation. Ahead of the summit,
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August 08, 2022 - Agtech
CRISPR’s Next 10 Years: From Lab To Plate?
By: Michael Ward Ph.D. and Sarah E. Bloch
Originally published on the World Agri-tech website. 10 years on from its discovery, CRISPR’s potential for agricultural adaptation has started to gather momentum. In advance of the 2022 World Agri-tech Innovation Summit in London, the industry’s leading specialists weighed in on what new frontiers
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July 18, 2022 - Agtech, Asia, Global, Intellectual Property, Litigation
IN VINEIS VERITAS: NO SOUR GRAPES AS EGYPTIAN COURT ORDERS REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL VINES
By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig
The Beni Suef Economic Court in Egypt has recently ordered the removal of nearly five hectares of illegally grown Early Sweet™ grapevines, totaling 9000 vines and associated seedlings. The farm owner did not have a license to grow or commercialize the Early Sweet™ grapes
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Topic Archives: Agtech

USDA’s PVP System Embraces Transgenic and Gene Edited Plants

By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig, Christopher D Lew, Abby C. Burrus and Michael Ward Ph.D.

FDA Clears the Path to Lab-Grown Meat

By: Stacy Cline Amin, Simon Arlington, Brigid DeCoursey Bondoc and Owen Grayson Hosseinzadeh

Top Three IP Issues for AgTech Startups

By: Matthew A. Ferry and Edith A. Pierre-Jerome

Germany: Ministry of Health Grants First Glimpse on the Upcoming Cannabis Legalization and Seeks Green Light from the European Commission

By: Robert Grohmann

Financing Options for an Early Stage Company in the Alternative Protein Industry

By: Simon Arlington and Matthew Dunlap

Key Considerations for Early-Stage Companies in the Alternative Protein Industry

By: Simon Arlington

Purple Tomato Is First Genetically Engineered Plant to Be Deregulated Through USDA’s New Regulatory Status Review Process

By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig

Partnering with the Alternative Protein Sector

By: Michael Ward Ph.D.

CRISPR’s Next 10 Years: From Lab To Plate?

By: Michael Ward Ph.D. and Sarah E. Bloch

IN VINEIS VERITAS: NO SOUR GRAPES AS EGYPTIAN COURT ORDERS REMOVAL OF ILLEGAL VINES

By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig