Amid escalating threats to global food security and ecological stability, the intellectual property (‘IP’) regime governing genetically modified crops risks undermining the agricultural resilience it was designed to advance. Congress should consider adjusting the balance between providing innovation incentives through IP rights and facilitating greater access to plant diversity. This can be achieved through more stringent patent eligibility standards, compulsory licensing, or expansion of the ‘farmer’s privilege’ … (more)
[Charlotte Brownell, Georgetown Law Technology Review, April 2026]
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