patents gone mad...
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1013_051013_gene_patent.html[^] u have to be absolutely f******** kidding me!! :wtf:
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{biz stuff} {about me}"Gene patents give their owners property rights over gene sequences—for example in a diagnostic test, as a test for the efficacy of a new drug, or in the production of therapeutic proteins," It's not actually the gene but it's use. The tigress is here :-D
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Where have you been?
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Without actually reading the patents, I am confident that they do not grant ownership of the genes. But if Company "B" develops a cure for cancer based on manufacturing those genes then shouldn't Company "A" be entitled to some of the profits.
Bob Flynn wrote:
do not grant ownership of the genes
Then why the controversy? I think that's just what the patents do: grant ownership of the genes. Hence the controversy. I think we're violently agreeing otherwise.
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The whole USPTO needs to be revamped. If there's one government office that is a monument to human idiocy gone rampant, that's the one. (Unless we're counting the Oval Office. :rolleyes: )* *Disclaimer: I'm a conservative. It's a freaking joke people. Laugh.
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David Stone wrote:
revamped
I think you mean "torched, forked, hanged, and rebuilt from scratch"
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1013_051013_gene_patent.html[^] u have to be absolutely f******** kidding me!! :wtf:
"there is no spoon"
{biz stuff} {about me}