Three recent US patent decisions

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Note from the editors of GM Crops and Food

In recent months there has been increasing recourse to the courts in various countries by people and organizations who wish in various ways to influence or prevent the application of agricultural biotechnology in those lands. As part of the editorial policy of GM Crops and Food to consider from time to time all aspects of relevant activity, we have introduced another feature which will appear often but not in every issue of the journal: GM crops in the courts.

We are very fortunate that Professor Drew Kershen, Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law (Emeritus) at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law, has agreed to contribute the benefits of his thinking and experience. He has very wide experience of regulatory and legal issues pertaining to GM-technology, focusing his attention on agricultural biotechnology law and policy since 1997. This is the first of his contributions.