[DeTomaso] NPC...You may want to Delete?
Gray Gregory
rgg at gregorycook.com
Thu Jan 20 19:00:27 EST 2011
Jeff,
The reason Monsanto is sitting on the genetically modified rice is that it's against the law to plant it! G M crops are largely banned throughout most of the world except here in the US; however rice has been excluded from the list of crops where GM seeds are allowed. So if you were Monsanto would you invest to develop seeds that you weren't allowed to sell?
Gray
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I'm not sure it's that simple. What if they had a gene sequence that was
highly beneficial but then did nothing with it? In the latest issue of Pop
Science they describe just such a case related to a rice gene that made it
resistant to a common type of blight. Monsanto licensed the gene, but then
did nothing with it, preventing others from doing the same. Seems there s/b
some sort of moral obligation in a case like this?
Or perhaps, gene licensing s/b based on a large up front payment, an
"investment" if you will, and not so much on downstream fees. The company
getting the license would then have so much skin in the game they would have to
push development to get their "investment" back.
I'm not sure what the best answer is.
Jeff
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In a message dated 1/20/2011 2:50:09 P.M. Central Standard Time,
kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
You probably won't be happy that the Obama Administration is taking an
anti-patent stance. The Justice Dept filed a brief in "The Association of
Molecular Pathology v. The United States Patent and Trademark Office" in the
Supreme Court case opposing gene patents held by Myriad Genetics.
Basically, they want to force the company to give away the technology they spent big
bucks to develop. A real feel good thing, share the wealth with everyone.
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