Intellectual property protection is an extremely important to the seed industry. It is good to see the call for sweeping reform that was present in the 2008 Democratic Platform has not reappeared.
The objection to the current legal status of corporations is mainly associated with the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court allows corporate campaign contributions to be considered as free speech. I am not going to address that issue. It is not seed specific. The danger to business here is that reactions against corporate speech might spill over into some other corporate rights which are very basic to the modern world. If this plank were to encouraging tampering with the ability of corporations to accumulate capital and put it to work over long periods of time, the implications for business would be broad indeed. 1
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We support: 36. Reforming patent laws. 602 |
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We oppose: 40. Corporations having constitutional status as individuals. 608 |
400. We oppose: Corporations having the same constitutional rights as people, and 873 money equaling free speech |
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We oppose: 41. Immunizing corporations from lawsuits. 609 |
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See the The Seed Industry and Iowa Political Platforms tables in a broader format in the Structured Archive
- Part 1
- Part 2 Preamble
- Part 3 Agriculture
- Part 4 Business
- Part 5 Education
- Part 6 Energy and Transportation
- Part 7 Government
- Part 8 Health & Consumer
- Part 9 Law and Justice
- Part 10 Defense and Foreign Policy
- Part 11 Environment
- Part 12 Consumer
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