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Are they F1 sterile? If not, then I would encourage developing countries to just igonore the IP rights and/or in the case that they are sterile to develop a ge
by mikorym 7y ago
Are they F1 sterile?
If not, then I would encourage developing countries to just igonore the IP rights and/or in the case that they are sterile to develop a generic.
- josefx 7y agoThe license requires the country to decide whether it allows planting golden rice. So I wouldn't be surprised the owner of the patents tried to use that to extract money from the countries directly when they fail to enforce it.
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoUsually international agreements take precedence over local laws. I don't think there would be any problem to enforce it.
- mikorym 7y agoIn theory yes. In Africa... not so much. [1] [1] https://mg.co.za/article/2015-06-18-how-zuma-and-ministers-plotted-omar-al-bashirs-escape/ https://mg.co.za/article/2015-06-18-how-zuma-and-ministers-p...
- lonelappde 7y agoAfrica doesn't rely so much on international agreements as much as corporate paramilitary and colonial military forces to enforce foreign interests.
- tinus_hn 7y agoPart of the concept of sovereignty is that you can just ignore agreements and no one can enforce them.
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoWell, if there's no technical way to enforce the agreement, then the agreement doesn't really exist. But if there's a way to enforce it, another part of sovereignty is that you can complain only to who wants to hear.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoThe definitions of a sovereign country is that it's government/ people decides what goes. They can definitely suspend IP protections for indefinite period.
- mcv 7y agoThat works when you're a rich and powerful country, but not so much when more powerful countries are willing to inflict economic sanctions on you for disrespecting the IP of their corporations.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoIP is not enshrined in a UN charter and is not a human right. There is no reason to believe every country should respect it. Using it as a cause to impose sanctions would be highly illegal. Combined with the blowback you'd get for imposing sanctions on Somalia for trying to feed kids, I don't think it's a realistic possibility.