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“Essentially biological process”, a definition shaken up
During the parliamentary work on the proposal for a European regulation on plant reproductive material, known as the “seeds regulation”, a question arose: should so-called “non-targeted mutagenesis” be considered as an “essentially biological process”? As these processes are excluded from patentability, the question may seem important. But such a decision would not be without consequences for the regulation of GMOs.
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Seed marketing reform: freeing cultivated biodiversity or patented GMOs?
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