US judge probes line between access, exploitation in biotech patent row
By Melissa Ritti and Khushita Vasant ( May 29, 2026, 22:23 GMT | Insight) -- A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday repeatedly questioned whether seed deposit access encompasses export, propagation and other downstream activities, suggesting the clash between Corteva Agriscience and Inari Agriculture could turn on where courts draw the line between “reading” a deposit and exploiting it commercially.An attorney with the US Department Justice Antitrust Division stressed Friday that the government has taken no position on whether seed export, gene-editing or commercialization activities by Inari Agriculture qualify as lawful, reiterating only that the public must retain the ability to meaningfully access and understand deposited biological material....
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