This woman is a veritable trove of ignorance. Is there any orchid topic on which she doesn't expound? Most orchids that have patent protection in this country are well superceded before the patent protection has run its course. But the key selling years are kept exclusive. Also even though the said orchid may be pirated offshore, the pirate plants can be prevented from entering the US market. This has happened, with some fanfare, on several occasion that I recall.The European system has some merit (even though it costs more!) in that you must renew protection annually. Growers use the fact that a plant's protection has not been renewed as a sign that the variety has been superceded.
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