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Germany Takes Stand against Patents on Plants and Animals

German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has spoken out against the patenting of varieties of livestock and plants. Her comments come as the European Patent Office prepares to rule in a test case with far-reaching implications for biological patents in Europe.

The German government wants to prevent the patenting of agricultural livestock and plants. "There are limits that we should not cross," Germany's Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ilse Aigner told SPIEGEL. In order to preserve genetic variety, farmers and breeders should not be handcuffed by biological patents, she argues.

... well, that happens trusting the gangsters banksters of the country under god ...
... Monsanto has become the "de facto" factory of farmers suicides ...
... after they starve everybody, they may even patent the air you breath ...
... if Europe does not eliminate "all" intellectual rights patents ...
... Europe is finished ...