The ASTA Intellectual Property Rights Committee will hold an ASTA-members-only meeting on January 14. If you are not an ASTA member but would like to request an option to attend, please contact Abigail Struxness at astruxness@betterseed.org. 

Don't miss this special "bridge" session on innovation and policy, being held as a combination session between ASTA's CSS & Seed Expo virtual conference and the Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference coming up Feb. 1 - 3.

Agenda items include:

“Intersections of Venture Capital, Intellectual Property, and Innovation in Agriculture,” by Greg Graff, Colorado State University

Update from ASTA IPR Emerging Issues Working Group

Draft ASTA Background Paper and Position Paper on Genetic Data

Consideration of Resolution to ASTA Board of Directors