Recent developments following the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill have now made it easier for hemp growers to protect their genetics. The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp as a Schedule I substance. (See January 2019 Cooley Alert.)...more
US patent law has long held that inventions put on sale or placed in public use may not be patented if those sales or uses occurred more than one year before filing for patent protection. These rules apply to all forms of...more
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The $867 billion farm bill ("Agriculture Improvement Act" – House Res. 2) was signed into law by the president on December 20. The new farm bill law contains several important provisions relating to intellectual property...more