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Technology 9/20/2010 at 3:59 AM EDT H4'ed 9/20/10

Patents on Life Forms Should Never Be issued to a Corporation

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Patents on Life Forms Should Never Be issued to a Corporation

PATENTS ON LIFE FORMS SHOULD NEVER BE ISSUED TO A CORPORATION.

(Note that Monsanto is claiming this right with genesÂ of certain plantsÂ in North America and elsewhere.)

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