Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP has a wide base of experience in obtaining intellectual property protection in both selectively breeding and recombinant created varieties of plants. Our expertise has been generated through experience with plant patents dating back to the late 1970s. Townsend has earned the trust of both public and private entities, including commercial breeders and the University of California.
Our attorneys help guide you through the process of protecting your rights, whether through plant patents, utility patents or through international plant breeders’ rights. We believe protection includes the proper enforcement of your intellectual property, and our attorneys help to ensure your patents are enforced against any infringers. Townsend can also help you license the patent and protect your new plant’s name through trademark protection.
Areas of specialized expertise include:
- Agricultural biotechnology
- Genetically modified seeds
- Pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides
- Plant breeding technology
- Plant molelcular biology
- Plant varieties