IP protection for Selecta Klemm's night sky patterned petunias

On Nov. 20, Selecta Klemm in Stuttgart, Germany, filed a Complaint for patent infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against German breeding company Westhoff and unrooted cutting suppliers Vivero Internacional (Mexico), Plant Source International (Mexico), and Cohen Propagation Nurseries (Israel). The complaint alleges that importation of Westhoff’s Discoball spotted petunia varieties into the U.S. infringes upon Selecta’s U.S. Patent Nos. 10,588,288 and 11,266,114 for its protected Sky Petunia pattern introduced into the market in 2016.