Biotech Company To Patent Pigs

Anonymous Swine writes "Monsanto, a US based multinational biotech company, is causing a stir by its plan to patent pig-breeding techniques including the claim on animals born by the techniques. 'Agricultural experts are scrambling to assess how these patents might affect the market, while consumer activists warn that if the company is granted pig-related patents, on top of its tight rein on key feed and food crops, its control over agriculture could be unprecedented. "We're afraid that Monsanto and other big companies are getting control of the world's genetic resources," said Christoph Then, a patent expert with Greenpeace in Germany. The patent applications, filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization, are broad in scope, and are expected to take several years and numerous rewrites before approval.'"

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Re:patents and insanity

[phantomfive]

Scratch that, I think the real motivation here for Greenpeace is that they hate Monsanto, and they are willing to do anything they can to try to hamper them in any way, even if it makes their position appear illogical. The only way Monsanto could satisfy them is by going out of business. Which is fine, I guess, but it's kind of annoying to have someone who doesn't represent their position in a straightforward way.