MoFo Life Sciences

January 23, 2020 - United States, Agtech, Regulatory, Intellectual Property
Plant Variety Protection Office Now Accepting Applications For Asexually Reproduced Plants
By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig, Cory Ellison and Michael R. Ward
On January 6, 2020, the Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) released the final version of its much-anticipated rule to open Plant Variety Protection (PVP) to asexually reproduced plants. Publication of this rule means that the PVPO is now accepting applications for all species of
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January 15, 2020 - Agtech, European Union, Regulatory
Silver lining? Genome-editing regulation following CRISPR ban in Europe’s Agribusiness
By: Wolfgang Schönig
In its landmark decision of July 25 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) essentially banned crops obtained by new genome editing techniques from the EU market. The decision left the European biotech industry in awe, as it came unexpectedly and
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March 12, 2019 - United States, Product Liability + Class Action, Agtech, Regulatory
Cannabidiol: Is CBD Legal in the United States in 2019?
By: William F. Tarantino
Cannabis-derived extracts are one of the hottest trends in the consumer products industry. Sales of consumer products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are reported to exceed $510 million in 2018. Experts predict that the market for CBD products could grow to $22 billion by 2022. Hemp oil can now be found
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December 02, 2018 - Global, Agtech, Regulatory, Intellectual Property
Planting the Seeds of Change
By: Michael R. Ward, Liz Freeman Rosenzweig and Liz Newman
Morrison & Foerster partner Michael R. Ward explained the specialized versions of IP law that have been developed for new plants in his article for Intellectual Property Magazine , “ Planting the seeds of change .” “…plants are unlike other inventions in that they
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July 26, 2018 - Agtech, European Union, Regulatory, Intellectual Property
CJEU Raises Bar for Use of CRISPR in Europe's Agribusiness: What You Need to Know
By: Wolfgang Schönig
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has issued its much awaited decision on the classification of genome-editing tools such as CRISPR/Cas9, Talen or zinc finger within the framework of the EU’s Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment
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Topic Archives: Agtech

Plant Variety Protection Office Now Accepting Applications For Asexually Reproduced Plants

By: Liz Freeman Rosenzweig, Cory Ellison and Michael R. Ward

Silver lining? Genome-editing regulation following CRISPR ban in Europe’s Agribusiness

By: Wolfgang Schönig

Cannabidiol: Is CBD Legal in the United States in 2019?

By: William F. Tarantino

Planting the Seeds of Change

By: Michael R. Ward, Liz Freeman Rosenzweig and Liz Newman

CJEU Raises Bar for Use of CRISPR in Europe's Agribusiness: What You Need to Know

By: Wolfgang Schönig