Washington State University’s Research Foundation, which owns the new WA 38 apple, has issued an “announcement of opportunity” inviting individuals, companies, or cooperatives that are interested in managing the variety to submit proposals. The successful applicant will have an exclusive license to manage the commercialization of the variety but will not be involved in sales and marketing of the fruit produced by WA 38 trees. The roles of the WA 38 license holder will include contracting out the propagation of the trees to nurseries and others, sublicensing the variety to growers, managing the trademark, and collecting royalties. It will need […]