This article came up today and highlights quite nicely my unease about GM plants a. [0][1] If I stretch a bit, also kind of explains my unease about extending p

This article came up today and highlights quite nicely my unease about GM plants a. [0][1] If I stretch a bit, also kind of explains my unease about extending patent protections to plant life. The petunia flower with GM color change could be under patent protection. [2] Here we have a case of GM petunias growing outside a lab and quite likely breeding. What are the patent implications of patented plants going to seed? Does the landowner where the plant grows owe somebody money? If I'm a landowner, how do I identify and prevent patented plant life from growing on my property? [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14511660 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14511660 [1] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-transgenic-petunia-carnage-2017-began http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/how-transgenic-petuni... [2] https://www.google.com/patents/CA2930494A1?cl=en https://www.google.com/patents/CA2930494A1?cl=en