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Patents on living organisms: abusive fortresses
In a previous article, Inf’OGM explained that the scope of patent claims on living organisms can be too broad, artificial and complex [1]. Yet the agro-industry uses such patents as a legal weapon to threaten and prosecute various forms of competition.
Oxitec: after mosquitoes, GMO ticks
After mosquitoes, the spearhead of the Oxitec company, it is now the turn of agricultural parasites to be targeted. Oxitec now aims to reduce the population of a tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, which infests livestock just about everywhere in the world.
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#170, 2023, january - march
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