We have more coming soon because wallclimber works on something. ⬆
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Roy Bixler
2009-11-30 19:38:24
I thought that things that occur in nature were excluded from patentability. That is, for something to be patentable, you can't merely discover it -- it has to be an invention. Genes are not inventions. Even if I am wrong on this, wouldn't prior art prevent anyone from patenting some already occurring thing in nature such as a pig?
Roy Schestowitz
2009-11-30 20:43:52
I think that Monsanto and others perceive the patent system differently. They just view it as a source of power that grants them money for doing some activity (like messing about with DNA).
Needless to say, this was never the purpose (raison d'être) of the patent system.
williami
2009-11-29 23:03:55
Oh, great. Now they (Gates/Monstaro) are patenting milk, seeds, even pigs now. And you thought software patents were horrible.
After seeing this, I realize the patent system has gone out of hand. It really should be fixed badly. And also, software and food patents must be gone.
"It means a situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares, and therefore is an example of psychological projection, or hypocrisy. Use of the expression to discredit or deflect a claim of wrongdoing by attacking the originator of the claim for their own similar behaviour (rather than acknowledging the guilt of both) is the tu quoque logical fallacy."
Comments
Roy Bixler
2009-11-30 19:38:24
Roy Schestowitz
2009-11-30 20:43:52
Needless to say, this was never the purpose (raison d'être) of the patent system.
williami
2009-11-29 23:03:55
After seeing this, I realize the patent system has gone out of hand. It really should be fixed badly. And also, software and food patents must be gone.