Utility patents in Tomatoes and OSSI Implications

[AndrewB]

The MTAs are concerning in some cases,  but not all.

I tried asking Michael M. About the OpenMTA but got no response. I also asked the JIC if I could use the OpenMTA instead of a commercial one and got silence. They still have not responded after I retired multiple times to follow up. This makes it seem like they are uncomfortable with the OpenMTA since they would not get money from commercialized breeding?

https://www.jic.ac.uk/press-release/opening-the-way-for-biotech/

Bill, is the OpenMTA compatible with OSSI? If so, perhaps we should try to push their use at genebanks and higher institutions as much as possible.

[bill]

The way that I read the OpenMTA, it places no burdens on derivatives and therefore is compatible with OSSI.  That's not an official position, as I am no longer on the board, just an opinion based on understanding how OSSI has decided these things in the past.  As long as a restriction applies only to the source materials and not their progeny, it does not affect OSSI pledging of the progeny.