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2007-05-02 | permalink
Monsanto’s soybean monopoly challenged at the European Patent Office in Munich
On 3 May 2007 ETC Group together with ”No Patents on Life!” and Greenpeace will continue a 13-year legal battle against one of biotech’s most notorious patents. At an appeal hearing at the European Patent Office i
n Munich, civil society organizations will argue that Monsanto’s patent (European Patent No. 301-749) on all genetically engineered soybeans - unprecedented in its broad scope - must be revoked. ”No patent symbolizes the brokenness of the patent system better than Monsanto’s species-wide patent on genetically engineered soybeans,” said Hope Shand of ETC Group. ”Monsanto’s patent is both technically flawed and morally unacceptable,” said Shand.
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2007-05-02 | permalink
Monsanto’s soybean monopoly challenged at the European Patent Office in Munich
On 3 May 2007 ETC Group together with ”No Patents on Life!” and Greenpeace will continue a 13-year legal battle against one of biotech’s most notorious patents. At an appeal hearing at the European Patent Office i
n Munich, civil society organizations will argue that Monsanto’s patent (European Patent No. 301-749) on all genetically engineered soybeans - unprecedented in its broad scope - must be revoked. ”No patent symbolizes the brokenness of the patent system better than Monsanto’s species-wide patent on genetically engineered soybeans,” said Hope Shand of ETC Group. ”Monsanto’s patent is both technically flawed and morally unacceptable,” said Shand.
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