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Typically, a breeder expects his gear to be crossed with other strains, But in the case of Direct Strain Breeding, It is frowned upon by the breeder, only if you didn't get permission to replicate and Market the strain.
If you replicate the strain and give it to your friends is cool...Just give credit where credit is due.
Crossing the strain with any other strain is "Your Strain"...
Hope this doesn't ruffle any feathers lol...
Just to clear up if anyone is confused, I would never cross two plants and sell those seeds. :(:mad:Honestly, isn't it really just the name that is important to the breeder?
If I take a breeder strain cross it, rename it and breed with that, seems like no one would care? I'm not using their strain, or name at that point.
Thank you for dropping in @MotarebelOnce you buy something it's yours. Have fun with it, throw all the pollen you want at it. A hobbiest has no boundaries and should be encouraged to breed their own designer genes and feel good about it. Breeders selling seeds generally start off using others work, cross em and call em their own. Like crossing Bodhi with Reeferman. Making f2's or inbreeding a line someone is working is frowned on. If breeder is dead or retired then their work is fair game to offer in a pure line. Bros. Grimm retired over 10 years ago and we offer Apollo 13 f4. Well they're back in biz so we're no longer offering the F4's once the stock runs out. Truthfully honesty and integrity only go so far in this biz.Without copyrights and patents there's nothing to keep peeps honest. Times have changed and peeps don't care about where it came from, just the results.
"a variety must be new, distinct, uniform and stable" applies in NL too, since 1941, where most new plant varieties originate, but also includes "resistant". Mostly as in adapted to a certain environment.There is some laws for breeders' rights, one is The Plant Variety Expression Act of 1970. ( The PVPA gives breeders up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually reproduced or tuber propagated plant varieties. A major expression of plant breeders' rights in the United States. With these rights, the breeder can choose to become the exclusive marketer of the variety, or to license the variety to others. In order to qualify for these exclusive rights, a variety must be new, distinct, uniform and stable.) I don't think you'll see a cannabis breeder file a lawsuit on someone but maybe in the future as the cannabis industry grows. Some companies might feel they need to go after people who use their seeds to cross with or make clones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Variety_Protection_Act_of_1970
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders'_rights
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