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Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market by KerrAvon on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @01:09AM (#39367019)
It’s not, though. There is a perfectly viable market of seeds and such for non-biolumenescent plants. You can, in fact, plant watermelon seeds and use the seeds in the resulting watermelon to plant more watermelon plants. Crazy.
Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market by Aurornis on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @01:14AM (#39367034)
> There is a perfectly viable market of seeds and such for non-biolumenescent plants.

I don’t understand what you’re trying to argue, but the patent laws aren’t designed to patent generic, pre-existing plants like generic watermelon.

Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market by pests on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:01AM (#39367262)
How is that crazy? That's how plants work.

This is not a natural plant though.

Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market by shellfishgene on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:31AM (#39369084)
That's not really true for most popular high-performance varieties, most are hybrids and growing them from the harvested seed will lose the characteristics. That's why most commercial farmers buy from a supplier every year instead of saving seeds, and that's the reason for a viable market.
Re:Bioluminescent petunias now available for U.S. market by ryathal on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:52AM (#39370404)
Commercial farmers also sign agreements to not plant harvested seeds. Monsanto has successfully sued several farmers for not complying with that contract.