Comments on: Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms

By: Seeds Of Life: Hybrids and the Emergence of Seed Monopolies | Cooking Up a Story

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:23 +0000

[...] to the seed companies, the introduction of transgenic seed technologies with the extension of patent protection rights dramatically transferred the control of seeds to these massive corporations, the full implications, [...]

By: Genetic Engineering: Road to Paradise or Paradise Lost? |

Genetic Engineering: Road to Paradise or Paradise Lost? | — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:03:25 +0000

[...] of these technologies through license agreements, and interconnected product sales locked in by legal patents that minimize competition, and restrict the rights of the end users (principally the farmers and [...]

By: Mark35

Mark35 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:31:22 +0000

That is the essential question that we must all ask ourselves. ,

By: Planting the Seeds of Change « Every Kitchen Table

Planting the Seeds of Change « Every Kitchen Table — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:57:23 +0000

[...] just a little micro-course in plant patent history (For a more complete history, check out the three-part series at Cooking Up A Story). In 1930, the Plant Patent Act was passed, which allowed plant breeders, a [...]

By: A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings

A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:02:23 +0000

[...] of scarcity takes many forms, including that of major seed companies restricting the uses (through utility patents) of their GMO seeds (non-GMO seeds can not be granted an utility patent); thus, by restricting [...]

By: Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms-2

Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms-2 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:40:42 +0000

[...] 2: In my first post in this series, I talked about the regular utility patent’s four categories of patentable subject [...]