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This is dated. The patents on the original roundup-ready corn expired six years ago: https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/07/30/166919/as-patents-expire-farme

This is dated. The patents on the original roundup-ready corn expired six years ago: https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/07/30/166919/as-patents-expire-farmers-plant-generic-gmos/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/07/30/166919/as-patent... Farmers can plant roundup-ready corn without paying any royalties to Monsanto, and keep + redistribute the seeds as they wish.

dev_tty01 5y ago
Thanks for the correction and update. I had not followed it closely in a while.
surfingdino 5y ago
Which is why in Europe they have created a system for protection of rights to modified plants outside of the realm of patents and copyright definitions. See https://cpvo.europa.eu/en https://cpvo.europa.eu/en
- sampo 5y ago
  CPVO is just an EU agency coordinating plant breeder's rights at the EU level. But plant breeder's rights are nothing new. The way you describe CPVO as something new and sinister, is quite dishonest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders%27_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders%27_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Plant_Variety_Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Plant_Variety_Office