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

By: Alan Kapuler: Open Pollinated Public Domain Plant Breeder (video)

Alan Kapuler: Open Pollinated Public Domain Plant Breeder (video) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:39:11 +0000

[...] at one end— at the other end, help to insure higher prices to be paid at the consumer level.Agricultural patents on crops (and seeds) along with certain hybrid technologies limit further local adaptation. They also by [...]

By: The history of patenting life « Anastasia Bodnar

The history of patenting life « Anastasia Bodnar — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:15:31 +0000

[...] Patent Law: How Patents Grew Over Time To Include Living Organisms [...]

By: Patenting Seeds: The Question Not Taken - Posted on October 9th, 2010 by Lisa Heldke

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:06:10 +0000

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By: Monsanto vs Geerston Seed Farms: Round Up Ready Alfalfa Case |

Monsanto vs Geerston Seed Farms: Round Up Ready Alfalfa Case | — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:02:23 +0000

[...] deregulating RRA until a final Environmental Impact Statement was performed. As governed under the Plant Protection Act (PPA), APHIS was required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to conduct an extensive [...]

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 [...]