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2007-03-28 | permalink
Global appeal against patents on seeds and farm animals
A new international coalition of farmers" unions, development- and environmental NGOs today is calling for a global prohibition of patents on seeds and farm animals. Farmers increasingly become dependent on multinational corporations, which own patents on seeds and animals. The European Patent Office (EPO) has already granted hundreds of patents on genetically modified and as well as conventional, normal plants. Now the EPO is preparing a general approval of patents on conventional breeding methods and normal plants and animals.
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2007-03-28 | permalink
Global appeal against patents on seeds and farm animals
A new international coalition of farmers" unions, development- and environmental NGOs today is calling for a global prohibition of patents on seeds and farm animals. Farmers increasingly become dependent on multinational corporations, which own patents on seeds and animals. The European Patent Office (EPO) has already granted hundreds of patents on genetically modified and as well as conventional, normal plants. Now the EPO is preparing a general approval of patents on conventional breeding methods and normal plants and animals.
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