In fact, the issue of intellectual property protection of flowers has attracted much attention in the industry and outside the industry in recent years. This aspect is of course due to the continuous improvement of our country's legal system, which has led to the continuous improvement of people's legal awareness.
On the other hand, it is also because various problems caused by intellectual property rights emerge in endlessly every year, and even bring huge losses to many companies, including the country, which also makes all walks of life pay attention to it.
A very simple and even urgent example is that there are very few rose varieties in our country that actually have intellectual property rights and patents, very few.
Most of the varieties of roses we usually send to our girlfriends are cultivated abroad. Some of these varieties are introduced from abroad through formal channels, and some are obtained through informal channels.
Due to the proliferation of private cuttings and grafting, these flower gardening companies that introduced foreign varieties suffered heavy losses and eventually had to stop such formal introduction work.
The introduction of these flower varieties through improper means has damaged the overall interests of our country's flower industry to a certain extent. It can bring short-term substantial benefits without having to pay more expensive intellectual property fees.
But this is damaging our country's foundation in the field of flower cultivation and destroying this soil. It will lead to a massive loss of talent in the entire field of flower variety cultivation, and the development of this field will be slow or even stagnant.
As a result, what we always see and buy are these old fixed varieties, and there are no new varieties cultivated by ourselves.
Secondly, these private breeding of unauthorized flower varieties will bring about some legal problems. Now there are cases where international flower giants come to China to litigate to fight for their legitimate rights and interests.
Moreover, these unauthorized flower varieties will also encounter problems when exporting, which will prevent these flower varieties from entering the markets of other countries, thereby losing a lot of foreign exchange, and restricting our country's flower industry to the country, unable to go abroad. situation.
Therefore, the country attaches great importance to this and has been strengthening the management and seeking guidance on flower intellectual property rights.
However, it is very difficult to truly correct this aspect because there is no way to protect it. First of all, the public’s awareness is not strong. They think that since the flowers they bought are theirs, what they want to do is their business and no one else can control it.
The second is that it is very difficult to protect many flowers, such as roses, which are too easy to survive, whether they are cuttings or grafted. Only a small branch is needed for cutting or grafting, which is why it is so difficult to protect.
Finally, the current domestic flower market is not formalized enough and is basically in a state of chaos. There is no complete set of industry standards, and there are no relevant regulations, conventions, laws, etc. in this regard.
If Wu Hao and others want to enter the flower industry, they must solve these problems. Otherwise, they may be like many companies that try to cultivate new varieties. The new varieties they have spent a lot of money to cultivate will be cultivated by others on a large scale and then sold on the market just two days after they were launched. People care.
It is difficult to solve these problems that exist in the entire industry, and it is not something that a newly entered company like Wu Hao can do, and he does not want to take the risk.
Then we can only start from the source, the flowers themselves.
Biotechnology is used to change the characteristics of flower plants, thereby preventing these sold flowers from being randomly grafted and propagated.
As for the roses he mentioned earlier, gene editing technology can be used to remove the genes for branch cutting and grafting survival in roses, and instead breed them from seeds. In this way, after these roses are sold, it will not be easy for others to use these branches for cutting and grafting.
Of course, this method or this flower sterilization technology is also to protect other flower varieties from genetic contamination of the flower varieties cultivated by Wu Hao and others.
You know, the flower varieties cultivated by Wu Hao and others all use gene editing and transgenic technologies. At present, there is no accurate consensus on the impact of these two technologies on the ecological environment, so for safety reasons, it is better not to breed these plant varieties on their own. Prevent it from flooding and contaminating other plant species, causing ecological disasters.
Although this will harm the interests of some flower farmers and increase their cost of purchasing seeds or flower seedlings, this is what it should be. Because these flower seeds and flower seedlings have been cultivated by people with hard work, why should they be taken for nothing.
Besides, only in this way can the flower seedling and flower seed breeding company be able to cultivate better varieties and give back to the flower farmers. Flower farmers can also use these new varieties to cultivate flowers that are better-looking and more popular in the market, thereby making more money. So in the long run, they are absolutely profitable.
And the problem of intellectual property rights is solved, which means they can grow these flowers boldly and sell them to the international market, so they can make more money.
Finally, through genetic technology, new varieties that are resistant to drought, frost, waterlogging, and pests and diseases can be developed. The flower farmers will have easier planting and management, and the cost will be greatly reduced, and they will still benefit.
After listening to Wu Hao's explanation, Lin Wei nodded thoughtfully, looked down at the bouquet of roses with her hand, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that there are so many things behind such a beautiful flower, so good. complex."
"What industry is not complicated?" Wu Hao said with a smile: "It's just that other industries are not as special as the flower industry. What do you think the value of these flowers is, and why do you want people to spend so much money to buy them?"
Hearing Wu Hao's question, Lin Wei thought for a moment, then looked up at Wu Hao and asked slightly: "Beautiful."
"Yes, beauty is its greatest attribute. Although flowers also have other values, such as medicinal, edible, cosmetic, fragrance, etc.
But its greatest value lies in its beauty and beauty, and it is popular among everyone because of this. Because of this, it can support a market worth hundreds of billions.
In terms of actual value, flowers have no value at all. Apart from being beautiful and making people smile and making people feel better, the flowers we buy seem to have no other actual value.
But it is this kind of product that has no actual value that can create value. To a certain extent, it is actually a cultural product just like those virtual products on the Internet, such as games, movies, and songs.
And we know that in the current prosperous society, this type of cultural products are the most profitable and the most sought after and loved by people. "
Today is a chapter, take a moment and collect your thoughts.
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