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U.S. Plant Variety Protection: Sound And Fury...?, Mark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan
U.S. Plant Variety Protection: Sound And Fury...?, Mark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan
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This Article offers a critical reassessment of U.S. approaches to intellectual property protection for plant innovation. Three developments make this reassessment timely. First, the Supreme Court has finally confirmed that utility patent claims to plants and seeds satisfy the 35 U.S.C. Section 101 subject matter eligibility requirement. Plant innovation in the United States is now subject to utility patent protection, as well as concurrent protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA). However, little work has been done to explain the role of PVPA protection in a system of concurrent protection, or to develop a coherent policy vision within which …
The Hemp Controversy: Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky?, Susan David Demaine
The Hemp Controversy: Can Industrial Hemp Save Kentucky?, Susan David Demaine
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In the wake of litigation over the responsibility of tobacco companies for harm caused by cigarettes and in the face of increased public hostility toward smoking, Kentucky's tobacco farmers are apprehensive about the future. While not all growers depend entirely on tobacco for their income, the potential shrinking of the tobacco market will have serious ramifications throughout the state. Some farmers are turning to organic vegetable farming, or to com and soybeans as alternative crops, but the potential of industrial hemp as an option remains uncertain. Touted by many as the answer to the tobacco farmer's quandary, industrial hemp remains …
Constitutional Law - Commerce Clause -- Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1938, Hugh Evander Willis
Constitutional Law - Commerce Clause -- Agricultural Adjustment Act Of 1938, Hugh Evander Willis
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After The Nebbia Case: The Administration Of Price Regulation, Frank Edward Horack Jr., Julius Cohen
After The Nebbia Case: The Administration Of Price Regulation, Frank Edward Horack Jr., Julius Cohen
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