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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Other People’s Innovations
Plant Innovation, courtesy of Seed World 1 I recently wrote an article for Seed World called Other People’s Innovations. Originally the article had a couple quotes at the beginning to set the tone. Eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property
Tagged Christensen, communitarian, farmers' rights, innovation, intellectual property, monopoly, Patent, patent law, plant, rights, Seed, Vandana Shiva, World Trade Organization
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Juma, Africa and Agricultural Biotechnology
Photo credit: Martha Stewart Opponents of biotechnology can be put into 2 categories. Those who think that government should be about the expression of community beliefs, norms and rules, including cultural norms which might … Continue reading
Posted in Locations
Tagged Africa, Agricultural biotechnology, biotechnology, Business, food, GM, Hungary Africa, innovation, Juma, Paul Christensen, science
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GA21′s Legal History
I was around DeKalb Genetics in the days that GA21 (Syngenta’s Agrisure GT) was created. I had always assumed that it would be very difficult to understand the patent deliberations that resulted the transfer of the rights to use GA21 … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Property
Tagged biotechnology, Christensen, DEKALB, federal courts, fraud, GA21, glyphosate resistance, infringment, innovation, intellectual property, legal system, Monsanto, Patent, patent law, Rhone Poulenc, seed industry, Syngenta
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