Outstanding Achievements In Biopiracy - 2004

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 16, 2003 @04:10PM from the they-stole-our-parts dept.

mr_don't writes "The Coalition Against Biopiracy is hosting yet another 'Captain Hook Awards,' for 'Outstanding Achievements in Biopiracy.' So far, only a few nominees have been submitted, but a key one is for Melbourne-based Genetic Technologies for 'having patented the non-coded DNA of all living creatures, including humans.' The web site is calling for 'help to identify the Greediest, Most Offensive and Dangerous biopirates from across the globe' -- I am sure Slashdot readers certainly know of a few."

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A little more info please by Ignis+Flatus · 2003-12-16 16:53 · Score: 4, Interesting

It may simply be a patent on "methods for researching non-coded, or "junk", DNA."

So what's the problem with that? I'd like to see a little evidence that they've indeed "patented the non-coded DNA of all living creatures", and not just come up with some convenient way to analyze it.