Comments on: Black Friday Film: What the Bill Gates-Backed Monsanto Does to Animals, Farmers, Food, and Patent Systems http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/27/monsanto-programme/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/27/monsanto-programme/comment-page-1/#comment-76314 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:43:52 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22751#comment-76314 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. 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.

]]> By: Roy Bixler http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/27/monsanto-programme/comment-page-1/#comment-76298 Roy Bixler Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22751#comment-76298 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? 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?

]]> By: williami http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/27/monsanto-programme/comment-page-1/#comment-76291 williami Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:03:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22751#comment-76291 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. 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.

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