A Summerland-developed cherry variety has won another legal battle in Washington State.
In 2024, the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington determined that a so-called “Glory” cherry being marketed by a Washington State orchardists who claimed to have discovered it and patented as its own, was actually the Staccato cherry — the commercial name of an already established cherry variety developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s program in Summerland.
That decision was recently followed by another win.
On March 12, 2025, the same district court reinstated the Staccato’s U.S. patent, reversing an earlier decision.
“As a result, AAFC is now free to pursue its claim that the
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