Laudando & Associates, ag tech developers of the patent-pending L&Aser herbicide-replacement technology and the AgCeption brand of AI tools for growers, said in a news release that it opened its laser weeding technology, L&Aser, to independent growers.
L&Aser is available under a dual licensing mode and more details can be found on the company’s GitHub repository.
Laudando & Associates says this predates a default judgment rendered against the company in a patent infringement case.
“Litigation costs were expected to balloon to $2 to 3 million USD subsequent to the court granting a preliminary injunction against L&A,” says Chris Laudando, founder and president of Laudando & Associates.
The company says this order will impact three separate L&Aser sales in the U.S. and Australia.
The company says a Brazilian and Saudi venture capital firm has expressed interest in investment and expansion into international markets, and it says it has also identified a prospective buyer for its AgCeption AI brand. The company is also seeking to relocate the company to Australia under a National Innovation Visa Grant for ag tech companies.
“Our best efforts to help the American farmer weren’t good enough,” Laudando says in the release. “Herbicide resistance and labor costs disproportionately harm small and medium-sized farmers, but our hands are tied. The best we can do now is seek innovation asylum in a country that has prioritized ag tech.”
