Plant variety protection

Six-year fight over Canada's Staccato cherry ends with royalties and an export ban

Summerland Varieties Corp. and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada settled with Washington's Monson Fruit Company days before a 14 September trial: Monson pays royalties on past and future Staccato tree sales, cannot export the fruit until 2032 or propagate trees until 2029, and the money goes back int