The case of the pirated blueberries: courts flex new muscle to protect plant breeders' intellectual property
- Written by David Jefferson, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Not all blueberries are the same. A variety called Ridley 1111 is at the centre of an important lawsuit for intellectual property and plants.ShutterstockA few weeks ago, the Federal Court of Australia ordered a farmer in New South Wales to pay A$290,000 to a blueberry-producing company because he had grown and sold a proprietary variety of the...
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