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.
If the rumours are true (no, we did not check those tax records for ourselves), it's not unthinkable that IBM is already doing what Apple did months ago
Had it not been for GNU (the software, the licence, the compiler GCC), we'd probably not have Linux and perhaps BSD would be more widespread (no copyleft, so expect proprietary derivatives)
Colleagues or workers of the EPO have only just been told that the boyfriend of the sister of "Cocaine Communication Manager" will be talking to the union (SUEPO) tomorrow mornin
Based on our understanding, "the f---ing president" Campinos - to quote rather than merely paraphrase his description of himself - is dating Ana Berenguer, sister of "Cocaine Communication Manager" (Luis Berenguer) and daughter of another Luis Berenguer, a friend of the late Jorge Campinos (António's father)
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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.