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I don't think that justification applies when the "invention" is in every single one of our bodies and has been around for millions of years. They were just the
by kobeya 10y ago
I don't think that justification applies when the "invention" is in every single one of our bodies and has been around for millions of years. They were just the first to look in the right place, but someone would have found it eventually, and sooner rather than later.
- fossuser 10y agoThey usually argue that the patent is not on the biological matter itself but the process involved in using it. This book touches a bit on this when it discusses the history of genentech and insulin synthesis. http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gene/Siddhartha-Mukherjee/9781476733500 http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gene/Siddhartha-Mu...