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Verfasst: So 26. Mai 2013, 00:59
October 2012
Co-ordinated by:
Dr. Vandana Shiva, Navdanya
Ruchi Shroff, Navdanya
Caroline Lockhart, Navdanya International
Europe:
page 248
Example 13 of patents granted in Europe:
In December 2011, the European Patent Office awarded Syngenta a patent on melons “with a pleasant taste”,
after an opposition filed by another seed company had been rejected.
It is the first European patent protecting a conventionally bred plant for its taste.
In the patent application (EP1587933) the taste 258 of the melon is described as “tart-refreshing-sour-sweet”.
With this patent Syngenta claims intellectual ownership of all melons with a certain citric acid and sugar content as well as a specific pH-value,
including everything from the plant and seeds to the pulp and its uses.
The “invention” is the result of common breeding and selection techniques
(no genetic engineering), using, as source materials, among others, melons of Indian origin
http://www.navdanya.org/attachments/See ... 0-2012.pdf
Co-ordinated by:
Dr. Vandana Shiva, Navdanya
Ruchi Shroff, Navdanya
Caroline Lockhart, Navdanya International
Europe:
page 248
Example 13 of patents granted in Europe:
In December 2011, the European Patent Office awarded Syngenta a patent on melons “with a pleasant taste”,
after an opposition filed by another seed company had been rejected.
It is the first European patent protecting a conventionally bred plant for its taste.
In the patent application (EP1587933) the taste 258 of the melon is described as “tart-refreshing-sour-sweet”.
With this patent Syngenta claims intellectual ownership of all melons with a certain citric acid and sugar content as well as a specific pH-value,
including everything from the plant and seeds to the pulp and its uses.
The “invention” is the result of common breeding and selection techniques
(no genetic engineering), using, as source materials, among others, melons of Indian origin
http://www.navdanya.org/attachments/See ... 0-2012.pdf