Koi Fish Information Centre

My name is Alan Blake; I am the CEO of Yorktown Technologies, L.P., the exclusive licensor of GloFish® fluorescent fish. I am writing to respond to Dr. Stewart’s offer to “swap” offspring of our fish. While we are eager to support the use of our fish for educational purposes, please note that our fish are covered by a variety of intellectual property rights. For specific details relating to our license agreement, please visit www.glofish.com/license.htm. In particular, please note that our license agreement includes the following points:
“3) GloFish® fluorescent fish are licensed under one or more of the following United States Patents Nos. 7,135,613; 7,150,979 and 7,166,444, as well as other pending applications. 4) Intentional breeding and/or any sale, barter, or trade, of any offspring of GloFish® fluorescent ornamental fish is strictly prohibited. 5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, production of these fish is permitted for educational use by teachers and students in bona fide educational institutions, provided, however, that any sale, barter, or trade, of the offspring from such reproduction of these fish is strictly prohibited.”
As described in point number 5 (above) we only allow our fish to be reproduced in certain strictly educational related circumstances, provided the offspring are not sold, bartered, or traded. With that in mind, we ask for everyone’s cooperation in respecting our intellectual property rights and not participating in any activity to the contrary. If you should have any questions regarding this license, please contact us by visiting www.glofish.com/contact.asp.
In the hope of informing some of the other topics that have been debated regarding our fish, I would invite everyone to review the information that we have posted at www.glofish.com/about.asp and www.glofish.com/science.asp. This information includes everything from general information to detailed studies and risk assessments by federal and state agencies, as well as leading researchers in the area of ecological risk assessment.
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the web link listed above. I appreciate your cooperation and attention to this matter.
Best regards, Alan Blake

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