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do you know you can abuse patents
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people do this
for example
this company spends like $10,000 to develop genetically engineered corn that survives freezing temperatures
then u patent that gene
then if any farmer has that corn on their field they are subject to a fine no matter how the corn got there
so you can go around with seeds planting them everywhere and then fineing every1
farmers are really pissed about gene patenting
its ridiculous


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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Ridiculous, and wrong!

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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are you talking about monsanto?


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Jack Albertson]
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yesir i am


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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fuck genetic engineering, we have tons and tons of varieties of tomatoes but we no longer have the original tomato because of it.... :crankey:


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Brugman]
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Brugman said:
Ridiculous, and wrong!




http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Prisoner#1]
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lol i jus watched that
i feel for those farmers
its so fucked how u can fine some1 for having a plant on ur field


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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Would you happen to know any cases of this actually happening?

If you have an ultra-rare, non-natural strain of corn then it would have had to arrive in a field somehow.  Does the company claim that the farmer forcibly broke into some type of storage facility and stole the seed?


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: badchad]
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ya i do
the judge said even if a bird flew it over there it is irrelevant
if its on ur property you are subject to fine.
so fucked


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
Brugman said:
Ridiculous, and wrong!




http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food



you've got to be shitting me, this video is crazy! I'm only 10min into it and I'm getting kinda mad...

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: badchad]
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badchad said:
Would you happen to know any cases of this actually happening?

If you have an ultra-rare, non-natural strain of corn then it would have had to arrive in a field somehow.  Does the company claim that the farmer forcibly broke into some type of storage facility and stole the seed?



Watch the video Pris posted.  I was gonna post the same thing.

It's not so much people sneaking in and planting their seed or anything like that, it mostly affects people who grow their own seed.  Pollen from the genetically altered plants gets blown into the independent farmer's field by the wind and pollinates his field, passing that patented gene on to the seed, which causes the seed to belong to the owner of the patent.  If they find the gene in the FINISHED CROP (the farmer's spent all year working it) it becomes the owner of the patent.  It's ridiculous, the FDA is a buncha crooks.


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: circularvortex]
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i want to patent some weed strains :potleaf:


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: circularvortex]
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circularvortex said:
Watch the video Pris posted.  I was gonna post the same thing.

It's not so much people sneaking in and planting their seed or anything like that, it mostly affects people who grow their own seed.  Pollen from the genetically altered plants gets blown into the independent farmer's field by the wind and pollinates his field, passing that patented gene on to the seed, which causes the seed to belong to the owner of the patent.  If they find the gene in the FINISHED CROP (the farmer's spent all year working it) it becomes the owner of the patent.  It's ridiculous, the FDA is a buncha crooks.



It sounds like a good solution would be to require genetically engineered seeds and crops to be sterile.

I'm not necessarily against patenting genetically engineered crops, but I don't think its reasonable to patent a single gene that can be passed through generations.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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Coastard, read "Next" by Michael Crichton.


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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Yeah that is kinda fucked up. If only a few of your plants out of all of them have that gene, they shouldn't be allowed to fine the person.

I agree with badchad though, GM crops should be made sterile so that they don't contaminate other crops or the wild type. My biggest fear with GM foods is that the GM gene will spread to the wild type and abolish the original genotype. That'd be fucked up.

Not all GM foods are bad though, they can be used for good. I had to write a persuasive speech for a public speaking class in favor of GM foods. If you wanna read it take a look here:
http://impakt.net/~tyler/gmfoods.htm

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Gumby]
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Quote:
Gumby said:

I agree with badchad though, GM crops should be made sterile so that they don't contaminate other crops or the wild type. My biggest fear with GM foods is that the GM gene will spread to the wild type and abolish the original genotype. That'd be fucked up.




Or, the courts could go back to their original stance and say "fuck you, you can't patent living things".


I really don't think that this will continue.

Eventually, once judges understand how genetic engineering works, they will see that this is obviously abuse.


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Coaster]
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Coaster said:
lol i jus watched that
i feel for those farmers
its so fucked how u can fine some1 for having a plant on ur field




it's a big concern of mine, I dont grow anything that's grown by
some of these larger farms, we have one that does wheat, soy
beans and corn and I've seen him spraying roundup, running the
seed and having to put nitrogen into the soil, I'm really
selective of my seed sources since the acquisition of Seminis,
they were the leading supplier of organic seeds to most other
seed distributors

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: badchad]
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badchad said:
Would you happen to know any cases of this actually happening?



there's hundreds of cases

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
Brugman said:
Ridiculous, and wrong!




http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food



Thanks, I couldn't name the documentary..

Oh yes I can. It was called seeds of deception

Here we go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVBgz-re1Zs&feature=PlayList&p=F86921FCA4B8408A&index=0&playnext=1



And hey, it's working. Germany has said a big fat "NEIN!" to GM insidiousness (too bad for them pollen will blow over from France, where they love artificial rubbish from big pharma and big agri corps)

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,618913,00.html

Quote:
Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn

Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed.



I look forward to this being taken to court. I hope they cite how Monsanto royally fucked over the Indians with BT cotton.


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Visionary Tools]
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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Visionary Tools]
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I love how monsanto is determined to fight you for not using it's products

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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Monsanto is evil....they had a big headquarters in IL,everyone hated them.

This is just one of the bad things they are involved with .......


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: Prisoner#1]
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How can they even convict someone for something like this when they can't prove there was any intent?


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Re: do you know you can abuse patents [Re: DragonChaser]
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it's civil litigation, not criminal, the burden of proof for
monsanto is little more than showing the DNA is present, there
doesnt need to be a motive. anyway, their game is to simply out
money you, they could buy land across the street from me, their
shit cross pollinates with mine and I'm liable because the laws
are not clearly defined and policy is being written by employees of
the company that happen to like bouncing between the FDA/USDA and
Monsanto

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