Hi Ken ; First, correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think the varieties you speak of are patentable under existing laws.
Second, nobody is prevented from developing anything they want by selective breeding. They should just not be able to patent it. And third, ask a farmer who has selectivly developed his own strain only to have it infected by a patented GMO (and necessarily destroyed) if there should be patent protection for life forms. BR Peter G. Thailand --- Ken Riznyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about people who develop new varieties the old > fashioned way through selective breeding. Granted > some "advances" are not to our liking such as > tomatoes that have a longer shelf life and don't > bruise easily but taste like cardboard and almonds > that are bred to be smaller so they fit on the candy > bars that keep on shrinking, but there are important > advances too. > Ken > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Guag Meister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Sunday, November 5, 2006 10:22:18 PM > Subject: [Biofuel] Patenting Life Forms should be > outlawed. > > Hi All ; > > You know, you cannot patent a perpetual motion > machine > of any kind. Why couldn't we do the same for life > forms? > > In other words, let's say the patent office > announced > that in 3 years, any and all life forms cannot be > patented. There would be a rush to complete > existing > work, and then the GMO problem would be over. Very > little effect on anyone. Existing patents expire in > 17 years. Problem solved. > > If someone asks how they can protect their > investment, > the answer is "then don't invest". > > Best Regards, > > Peter G. > Thailand > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! > Small Business > (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list > archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
