Jocelyn Bosse
@jocelynbos.se
Researching intellectual property and plants, food, and agriculture 🌿
Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast
🏳️🌈 she / her
Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast
🏳️🌈 she / her
Love that the breeder used the photo with their dog in the background.
Cherry tree named 'FE'
US #PlantPatent 37,268 (granted today)
The tart cherry tree named 'FE' which produces fruit well suited for fresh eating, as well as for food and juice and wine products.
Cherry tree named 'FE'
US #PlantPatent 37,268 (granted today)
The tart cherry tree named 'FE' which produces fruit well suited for fresh eating, as well as for food and juice and wine products.
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Love that the breeder used the photo with their dog in the background.
Cherry tree named 'FE'
US #PlantPatent 37,268 (granted today)
The tart cherry tree named 'FE' which produces fruit well suited for fresh eating, as well as for food and juice and wine products.
Cherry tree named 'FE'
US #PlantPatent 37,268 (granted today)
The tart cherry tree named 'FE' which produces fruit well suited for fresh eating, as well as for food and juice and wine products.
Many thanks to Dr Susannah Chapman (University College Cork) for delivering a great lecture in Belfast yesterday on the topic "Re-imagining (Re)production in Intellectual Property Law: New frontiers in the branding and making of botanical kinds"!
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Many thanks to Dr Susannah Chapman (University College Cork) for delivering a great lecture in Belfast yesterday on the topic "Re-imagining (Re)production in Intellectual Property Law: New frontiers in the branding and making of botanical kinds"!
Heliopsis plant named ‘Rays For Days’
US #PlantPatent 37,266 (granted today)
The plant was a cross between the unpatented varieties ‘Sunny Disposition’ x ‘Bleeding Heart’.
US #PlantPatent 37,266 (granted today)
The plant was a cross between the unpatented varieties ‘Sunny Disposition’ x ‘Bleeding Heart’.
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Heliopsis plant named ‘Rays For Days’
US #PlantPatent 37,266 (granted today)
The plant was a cross between the unpatented varieties ‘Sunny Disposition’ x ‘Bleeding Heart’.
US #PlantPatent 37,266 (granted today)
The plant was a cross between the unpatented varieties ‘Sunny Disposition’ x ‘Bleeding Heart’.
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Hot off the press!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
From traditional knowledge to market: A pathway for ethical commercialisation of Indigenous food products
Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Hot off the press!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hot off the press!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
From traditional knowledge to market: A pathway for ethical commercialisation of Indigenous food products
Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Hot off the press!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The draft text was published after I wrote the piece, so I shared some updated thoughts on the language of the draft: ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/pate...
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The draft text was published after I wrote the piece, so I shared some updated thoughts on the language of the draft: ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/02/pate...
I shared some thoughts in Seed World Europe about the issues for patents and plant variety rights under the draft text of the EU NGT Regulation:
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
The Future of IP in the Regulation of NGTs
The EU has reached a provisional agreement on New Genomic Techniques regulation, classifying Category 1 NGT plants as equivalent to conventional breeding and outside GMO rules. The framework increases...
www.seedworld.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I shared some thoughts in Seed World Europe about the issues for patents and plant variety rights under the draft text of the EU NGT Regulation:
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
www.seedworld.com/europe/2026/...
Interspecific Prunus tree named ‘Flavor Chief’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,239 (granted today)
The variety was bred in California. It is distinguished by various characteristics including its fruit with very good flavor and eating quality.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,239 (granted today)
The variety was bred in California. It is distinguished by various characteristics including its fruit with very good flavor and eating quality.
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Interspecific Prunus tree named ‘Flavor Chief’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,239 (granted today)
The variety was bred in California. It is distinguished by various characteristics including its fruit with very good flavor and eating quality.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,239 (granted today)
The variety was bred in California. It is distinguished by various characteristics including its fruit with very good flavor and eating quality.
Reposted by Jocelyn Bosse
While Carney's cuts at Agriculture & Agri-Food #Canada 'are wide-ranging, projects that could help Canadian farmers become less reliant on the US — a major supplier of pesticides and fertilizers — and more adaptable to climate change appear to be the hardest hit.'
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
Feds slashed farm research. An internal email suggests they don't know what Canada's losing
Senior officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) did not know how their decision to close three research stations on the Prairies would impact the department's research program when they an...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
While Carney's cuts at Agriculture & Agri-Food #Canada 'are wide-ranging, projects that could help Canadian farmers become less reliant on the US — a major supplier of pesticides and fertilizers — and more adaptable to climate change appear to be the hardest hit.'
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
#CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #AAFC
Raspberry plant named ‘Crimson Blush’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,228 (granted today)
The variety was bred at Cornell University with support of federal funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
US #PlantPatent No. 37,228 (granted today)
The variety was bred at Cornell University with support of federal funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Raspberry plant named ‘Crimson Blush’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,228 (granted today)
The variety was bred at Cornell University with support of federal funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
US #PlantPatent No. 37,228 (granted today)
The variety was bred at Cornell University with support of federal funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) plant named ‘MI02909’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,222 (granted today)
The variety was bred in Belgium as part of a breeding program to develop new fast-growing and freely flowering Phalaenopsis plants with flowers with unique patterns and coloration.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,222 (granted today)
The variety was bred in Belgium as part of a breeding program to develop new fast-growing and freely flowering Phalaenopsis plants with flowers with unique patterns and coloration.
January 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Phalaenopsis (moth orchid) plant named ‘MI02909’
US #PlantPatent No. 37,222 (granted today)
The variety was bred in Belgium as part of a breeding program to develop new fast-growing and freely flowering Phalaenopsis plants with flowers with unique patterns and coloration.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,222 (granted today)
The variety was bred in Belgium as part of a breeding program to develop new fast-growing and freely flowering Phalaenopsis plants with flowers with unique patterns and coloration.
I'm really excited to have Dr Susannah Chapman (University College Cork) joining us at 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 11 February to give a talk on intellectual property, plant varieties, and fruit branding strategies.
All welcome, and there's an online attendance option:
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
All welcome, and there's an online attendance option:
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
11.2.26 Re-imagining (Re)production in Intellectual Property Law | School of Law | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I'm really excited to have Dr Susannah Chapman (University College Cork) joining us at 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 11 February to give a talk on intellectual property, plant varieties, and fruit branding strategies.
All welcome, and there's an online attendance option:
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
All welcome, and there's an online attendance option:
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
It's always a grim sign when Australians are looking at your country and saying "huh, this feels eerily familiar..."
lol this is a segment Andrew Bolt did (maybe still does?)
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It's always a grim sign when Australians are looking at your country and saying "huh, this feels eerily familiar..."
Caladium plant named 'UF-15-131'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,218 (granted today)
The variety is distinguished by its deep red-purple blotches and tolerance to leaf sunburn when grown outside, as well as disease resistance, amongst other features.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,218 (granted today)
The variety is distinguished by its deep red-purple blotches and tolerance to leaf sunburn when grown outside, as well as disease resistance, amongst other features.
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Caladium plant named 'UF-15-131'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,218 (granted today)
The variety is distinguished by its deep red-purple blotches and tolerance to leaf sunburn when grown outside, as well as disease resistance, amongst other features.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,218 (granted today)
The variety is distinguished by its deep red-purple blotches and tolerance to leaf sunburn when grown outside, as well as disease resistance, amongst other features.
Hubbard was able to convince the Society that he had a PhD in nuclear physics and they even made him a member of their “Scientific Advisory Board.”
He'd attach an E-Meter, then stab the fruit with a nail or tear off some leaves to show that the plants were "feeling pain."
He'd attach an E-Meter, then stab the fruit with a nail or tear off some leaves to show that the plants were "feeling pain."
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Hubbard was able to convince the Society that he had a PhD in nuclear physics and they even made him a member of their “Scientific Advisory Board.”
He'd attach an E-Meter, then stab the fruit with a nail or tear off some leaves to show that the plants were "feeling pain."
He'd attach an E-Meter, then stab the fruit with a nail or tear off some leaves to show that the plants were "feeling pain."
Having some weekend fun reading about atomic gardening (the use of radiation to induce mutations in plants).
I totally forgot that L. Ron Hubbard was part of the British Atomic Gardening Society... that poor tomato...
I totally forgot that L. Ron Hubbard was part of the British Atomic Gardening Society... that poor tomato...
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Having some weekend fun reading about atomic gardening (the use of radiation to induce mutations in plants).
I totally forgot that L. Ron Hubbard was part of the British Atomic Gardening Society... that poor tomato...
I totally forgot that L. Ron Hubbard was part of the British Atomic Gardening Society... that poor tomato...
Reposted by Jocelyn Bosse
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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So, to help illustrate why this thread is so horrifying, Stanford did a study on Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI-Assisted Research, and Thomson-Reuters Ask Practical Law AI, and found between 17% and 33% hallucinations even though these are supposed to be the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools.
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
So, to help illustrate why this thread is so horrifying, Stanford did a study on Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI-Assisted Research, and Thomson-Reuters Ask Practical Law AI, and found between 17% and 33% hallucinations even though these are supposed to be the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools.
Reposted by Jocelyn Bosse
Article from @theguardian.com by @damiengayle.bsky.social Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first "Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Article from @theguardian.com by @damiengayle.bsky.social Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first "Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'd love to know how on earth the International Cotton Advisory Committee ended up on this list. Have they simply listed any organisation that has dared to mention climate change recently?
We’ve been withdrawn from over 30 international organizations, treaties, and conventions as of today, including multiple UN ones, as well as many having to do with energy, security, and human rights
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I'd love to know how on earth the International Cotton Advisory Committee ended up on this list. Have they simply listed any organisation that has dared to mention climate change recently?
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'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2
The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial
Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM
'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2
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we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Pineapple plant named 'FR20966'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,193 (granted today)
The new variety is resistant to Fusarium guttiforme (also known as fruit rot) and has fewer spines compared to its parent varieties. The variety was bred in Brazil.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,193 (granted today)
The new variety is resistant to Fusarium guttiforme (also known as fruit rot) and has fewer spines compared to its parent varieties. The variety was bred in Brazil.
January 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Pineapple plant named 'FR20966'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,193 (granted today)
The new variety is resistant to Fusarium guttiforme (also known as fruit rot) and has fewer spines compared to its parent varieties. The variety was bred in Brazil.
US #PlantPatent No. 37,193 (granted today)
The new variety is resistant to Fusarium guttiforme (also known as fruit rot) and has fewer spines compared to its parent varieties. The variety was bred in Brazil.