Re: CULT: Patently red
Another resource for information about plant patents is the web. Patents
apparently are for 17 years, which would effectively take this hybridizer out of
the mix in the case of the Oregon project. Companies have claimed rights to
all genetic engineering in particular kinds of plants as well as the use of
particular genes in any plant. In my opinion some of these patents are
over-broad. It is like granting a patent for "cake" then granting a patent for
putting every individual ingredient, and patenting every single step in the making
and baking of a cake!
The situation is complicated by a lack of case law, because it is so
expensive to challenge these patents, no matter how absurd they seem.
Fred Kerr
Rainbow Acres
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