Plant IP Seminar & Social

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

VENUE

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
975 N. Warson Road
Olivette, MO 63132

The Morrison Foerster Food & Ag team invites you to join our Plant IP Seminar & Social at the world-renowned Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Gene editing technologies coupled with advances in plant breeding are rapidly revolutionizing agriculture, improving crop resilience and consumer health benefits. Our IP team of 80+ Ph.D.s and advanced degree holders is working at the forefront of this transition. We’re excited to bring together the St. Louis ecosystem of innovators, investors, academics, and corporates with some of our leading Plant IP partners to share our knowledge, connect, and network.

Program: 

• 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Seminar led by MoFo Food & Ag Co-Chair Mike Ward and Partner Meghan Poon on IP protection of new agriculture technologies including utility patent strategies for new traits and varieties, trade secret protection, plant variety protection (PVP) certificates, and plant patents. They will also discuss the rapidly shifting global regulatory landscape for gene edited plants. This will be a 30-minute session followed by 30 minutes of robust Q&A.
• 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Networking social with light bites and drinks. 

Please RSVP by February 15, 2026, and feel free to forward this invite to others in the St. Louis ecosystem who would benefit from this session.

More about Morrison Foerster’s Food & Ag Group
Ranked Band 1 in Chambers Agribusiness, we have shaped the industry for more than two decades and are helping charter the food system transition. Our global cross-disciplinary team lives and breathes food and agriculture. We are a strategic partner to our clients throughout their life cycles, counseling on everything from IP and regulatory, to fundraising and commercial licensing, to M&A, IPOs, and commercial litigation. Through deep sector knowledge and relationships, we understand what factors are driving innovation, and this enables us to help clients gain competitive advantages, anticipate regulatory hurdles, and drive growth.

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