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To take this to the obvious parallel of software patents, patents get a lot of (deserved) criticism these days, but they exist for a reason, ans serve a purpose
by kbenson 6y ago
To take this to the obvious parallel of software patents, patents get a lot of (deserved) criticism these days, but they exist for a reason, ans serve a purpose which I think is arguably still valid. Excessive patent length and patenting trivial things is bad. So is people stealing the hard work of others. There is a sane middle ground we should be shooting for, not wiping patents out entirely to the detriment of most (arguably all, in the long run).
- nixonpjoshua1 6y agoIncidentally these types of plant patents AND software patents are the two categories that are patentable in the USA but not in most of the rest of the world, so they definitely straddle the line of patentability.
- swimfar 6y agoDo you have a source for that? It looks like there are plant patents in the EU. https://www.mewburn.com/law-practice-library/plant-variety-rights-and-patents-for-plant-related-inventions https://www.mewburn.com/law-practice-library/plant-variety-r... https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/node/285 https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/node/285