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Topic:
Biodiversity, Business Practices
Audience:
Attorneys, Farmers, Technical Assistance Providers
Seeds for Rent
February 2025
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Growing Biodiversity
This guide explains the fine print in technology use agreements—contracts that farmers sign with seed companies to purchase and use their seeds according to the contract terms. This guide also compares technology use agreements among the three largest seed companies in the US.
Topic: Biodiversity Audience: FarmersA Breed Apart
December 2019
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Growing Biodiversity
This guide is intended to aid plant breeders who want to preserve plant genetic resources outside of the patent system. Its intended readers include those who are unfamiliar with the U.S. patent system as well as those well versed in defensive publication and intellectual property.