Yes, I agree. However, these are not quite the same here. Drugs
which have been developed can be duplicated very easily whereas
plants that are "copy righted" don't lend themselves to this. What
case you are you talking about? With most CPs is near impossible
to isolate a good culture from the living plant tissues since they
grow in humid conditions mircobes are all over them. Seed is the
best/only way. If you're using seed then you will not have the plant
that was "copy righted" since sexual reproduce causes the next
generate to be different from the one before.
Also in the case of the "Royal Red", these seed were from wild
plants and upon germination, a couple showed dark red color. No
one spent time developing this particular plant. Of course,
while progating it into thousands of plants may take a couple
years, there is no reason that the people who bought this plant
can't do the same. If I had them in large numbers I'd sell them too.
Dave Evans