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Is 2024 the year when patents on life are politically challenged?

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The threat of GMO/NGT patents is growing stronger

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Modifying EU and EPO patent legislation: a wasted effort ?

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DSI: dematerialised biopiracy

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Patents on life: medicine and “disruptive technologies”

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Towards the seizing of the processes that are the core of life on Earth

Patents on living organisms: abusive fortresses

Patents on genetic sequences: excess and fragility

Austria attempts to clarify the patentability of living matter
On 20 May 2023, the new Austrian Patent Act came into force. It specifies the exclusions from patentability in the field of plants and animals. One of the aims of these changes is to guarantee a degree of independence for breeders from patent right holders. What will happen in fine?

France – An advisory body leaves the door open to GMO deregulation

Some seed companies are opposing patents but…
