Posts Tagged: "Jakov P. Dulcich & Sons"

Junior party prevails at USPTO in Interference between Plant Patent and Utility Application

Sheehan contended that Dulcich, without permission, grafted Sheehan’s “Great Green” in 2010 and filed for a plant patent in 2012 claiming the “Great Green” as its own JPD-001 (“Green Emerald”). Dulcich’s plant patent on JPD-001 issued on March 18, 2014, while Sheehan’s own application on Great Green was pending… Meanwhile, Sheehan is seeking to have a stay lifted in co-pending litigation in the Eastern District of California between the same parties addressing allegations relating to conversion, unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation.