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
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I'll add that Dr. Bosse has been a very kind and generous commentator for our casebook chapter on plants. We can't always fit in all the amazing details and background she provides but the chapter is much better than it would be without her comments and insights.
Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook (v.2)
<p>Patent Law: An Open-Access Casebook is a comprehensive casebook covering all the fundamentals of the United States patent system. It is designed to be used a
papers.ssrn.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I'll add that Dr. Bosse has been a very kind and generous commentator for our casebook chapter on plants. We can't always fit in all the amazing details and background she provides but the chapter is much better than it would be without her comments and insights.
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Happy new year!
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
The Plant IP Year in Review 2025
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Happy new year!
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
Happy new year!
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
The Plant IP Year in Review 2025
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Happy new year!
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
I've written a round-up of all the notable developments in plant IP in 2025. I previously discussed many of these stories in the IPKat, but I also cover some other news items that I didn't get a chance to write about during the year:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
calling up the guys who did the Louvre heist to see if they'll join me for One Last Job
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
January 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
calling up the guys who did the Louvre heist to see if they'll join me for One Last Job
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Some species officially bid us farewell this year. Recent IUCN assessments now list the slender-billed curlew, Christmas Island shrew, three Australian bandicoots, plants in Mauritius and Hawai‘i, and a Cape Verde cone snail as extinct.
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. Recent IUCN assessments now list the slender-billed curlew, Christmas Island shrew, three Australian bandicoots, plants in Mauritius and Hawai‘i, and a Cape Verde cone snail as extinct.
If you're looking for something to get yourself in the mood for the New Year's Eve festivities, here's my review of the book "Beer Law"
Have a safe and fun start to 2026 everyone- sláinte, cheers, santé, prost, skål!
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Have a safe and fun start to 2026 everyone- sláinte, cheers, santé, prost, skål!
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
[Book Review] Beer Law
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you're looking for something to get yourself in the mood for the New Year's Eve festivities, here's my review of the book "Beer Law"
Have a safe and fun start to 2026 everyone- sláinte, cheers, santé, prost, skål!
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Have a safe and fun start to 2026 everyone- sláinte, cheers, santé, prost, skål!
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
December 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My review of "Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property" by William van Caenegem and Luc Desaunettes-Barbero.
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
[Book Review] Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My review of "Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property" by William van Caenegem and Luc Desaunettes-Barbero.
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/book...
Cool essay!
The Munsell system - modelled on trees with unequal length branches that could accommodate different hues, chroma, and “value” - used to be quite popular for describing new plant varieties in US plant patents. These days the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart dominates.
The Munsell system - modelled on trees with unequal length branches that could accommodate different hues, chroma, and “value” - used to be quite popular for describing new plant varieties in US plant patents. These days the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart dominates.
Archaeologists use Munsell books to describe soil colour all the time. I never thought to dig deeper into this colour system!
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*Atlas of the Munsell Color System* (1915)
Munsell envisioned his atlas as a system akin to musical notation, which would liberate visual description from commercially-driven colour names.
publicdomainreview.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Cool essay!
The Munsell system - modelled on trees with unequal length branches that could accommodate different hues, chroma, and “value” - used to be quite popular for describing new plant varieties in US plant patents. These days the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart dominates.
The Munsell system - modelled on trees with unequal length branches that could accommodate different hues, chroma, and “value” - used to be quite popular for describing new plant varieties in US plant patents. These days the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart dominates.
Petunia plant named 'KLEPH24734'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,167 (granted today)
The variety was a cross between 'KLEPH14245' (PP 27,045) and 'PH-2018-4744' (unpatented).
US #PlantPatent No. 37,167 (granted today)
The variety was a cross between 'KLEPH14245' (PP 27,045) and 'PH-2018-4744' (unpatented).
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Petunia plant named 'KLEPH24734'
US #PlantPatent No. 37,167 (granted today)
The variety was a cross between 'KLEPH14245' (PP 27,045) and 'PH-2018-4744' (unpatented).
US #PlantPatent No. 37,167 (granted today)
The variety was a cross between 'KLEPH14245' (PP 27,045) and 'PH-2018-4744' (unpatented).
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
Really vindicates my approach of "pinpoints or it didn't happen"
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Really vindicates my approach of "pinpoints or it didn't happen"
FINALLY!!
THE WHAM SUPREMACY HAS BEEN DEPOSED. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THE WHAM SUPREMACY HAS BEEN DEPOSED.
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
FINALLY!!
In this guest post, Giulia Tatangelo, Valentina Predazzi and Federico Caruso evaluate a recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and reflect on how enablement can be demonstrated in the context of plant inventions:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
[Guest Post] Enablement, Commercial Availability, and the Durability of Agro-Biotech Patents: Lessons from Inari v. Corteva
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In this guest post, Giulia Tatangelo, Valentina Predazzi and Federico Caruso evaluate a recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and reflect on how enablement can be demonstrated in the context of plant inventions:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues...
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Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.
The Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at @kingshistory.bsky.social is inviting applications for prospective students to pursue a PhD in the History of Science and Technology. For more information, click here: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
FUNDING | KingsCHoSTM
Funding Opportunities within King's CHoSTM
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) succeeded in the Federal Court of Australia this week, which held that CSIRO's high-amylose wheat patent was valid after all:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/whea...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/whea...
Wheat patent specification did support the claims, holds Federal Court of Australia
The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.
ipkitten.blogspot.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) succeeded in the Federal Court of Australia this week, which held that CSIRO's high-amylose wheat patent was valid after all:
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/whea...
ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/whea...
🔔 Reminder that applications for this PhD studentship opportunity will be closing on 21 January.
I have funding for a PhD student* to study a topic related to IP and plants/agriculture 🌱
Applications close 21 January 2026
*sorry, the funding doesn't support international students. Only UK, Irish nationals or EU nationals with settled status in UK
law.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
Applications close 21 January 2026
*sorry, the funding doesn't support international students. Only UK, Irish nationals or EU nationals with settled status in UK
law.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
QUB / DfE-Funded Studentship - Regulating Plants and Agriculture
| School of Law | Queen's University Belfast
The School of Law is delighted to announce a PhD studentship funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE).
law.qub.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🔔 Reminder that applications for this PhD studentship opportunity will be closing on 21 January.
Rose plant named 'ALTtiger'
US #PlantPatent 37,149 (granted today)
The variety was bred at the Altman Specialty Plants LLC nursery in California.
US #PlantPatent 37,149 (granted today)
The variety was bred at the Altman Specialty Plants LLC nursery in California.
December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Rose plant named 'ALTtiger'
US #PlantPatent 37,149 (granted today)
The variety was bred at the Altman Specialty Plants LLC nursery in California.
US #PlantPatent 37,149 (granted today)
The variety was bred at the Altman Specialty Plants LLC nursery in California.
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🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
Happy Poinsettia Day - sharing this old post in case anyone's curious about the history of poinsettia plant patents.
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Poinsettia Plant Patents — Jocelyn Bosse
How did the poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) become a symbol of the Christmas holiday in the United States?
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December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy Poinsettia Day - sharing this old post in case anyone's curious about the history of poinsettia plant patents.
www.jocelynbos.se/blog/poinset...
www.jocelynbos.se/blog/poinset...
Poinsettia plant named ‘Doeupfayul’
US #PlantPatent 37,131 (granted today)
Under normal conditions, the variety starts flowering about November 19th in Southern California
US #PlantPatent 37,131 (granted today)
Under normal conditions, the variety starts flowering about November 19th in Southern California
December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Poinsettia plant named ‘Doeupfayul’
US #PlantPatent 37,131 (granted today)
Under normal conditions, the variety starts flowering about November 19th in Southern California
US #PlantPatent 37,131 (granted today)
Under normal conditions, the variety starts flowering about November 19th in Southern California