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International Experts See Backswing In Pendulum Of Biological Patenting

By Intellectual Property Watch

MUNICH ? Some experts in Europe are coming to agreement that a tipping point might have been reached with regard to biological patents. At a conference organised this week by the ?no patents on seeds? initiative on the eve of a public hearing of the European Patent Office on cases involving the patenting of broccoli and tomatoes, nongovernmental representatives and farmers associations from Europe and elsewhere said there were detectable changes in American jurisprudence and European governments seem to be rethinking the biopatent issue.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).