Monsanto 於今年二月向世界知識產權組織 (WIPO) 申請繁殖和飼養豬的方法的知識產權, 條款中竟然說, 只要以相類似的方法飼養豬隻, 這些豬隻和其所生之豬仔, 都要交版稅!
Monsanto 申請的繁殖和飼養豬集的方法, 是把存在並廣泛應用的方法加以改良... 若通過這版權申請, 將有160國家的農民受影響.
The Monsanto Pig (Patent pending)
The
patent applications were published in February 2005 at the World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva. A Greenpeace
researcher who monitors patent applications, Christoph Then, uncovered
the fact that Monsanto is seeking patents not only on methods of
breeding, but on actual breeding herds of pigs as well as the offspring
that result.
...
There are more than 160 countries and
territories mentioned where the patent is sought including Europe, the
Russian Federation, Asia (India, China, Philippines) America (USA,
Brazil, Mexico), Australia and New Zealand. WIPO itself can only
receive applications, not grant patents. The applications are
forwarded to regional patent offices.
The patents are based on simple procedures, but are incredibly broad in their claims.
In
one application (WO 2005/015989 to be precise) Monsanto is describing
very general methods of crossbreeding and selection, using artificial
insemination and other breeding methods which are already in use.
The main "invention" is nothing more than a particular combination of
these elements designed to speed up the breeding cycle for selected
traits, in order to make the animals more commercially profitable.
(Monsanto chirps gleefully about lower fat content and higher
nutritional value. But we've looked and we couldn't find any
"Philanthropic altruism" line item in their annual reports, despite the
fact that it's an omnipresent factor in their advertising.)
According
to Then, "I couldn't belive this. I've been reviewing patents for 10
years and I had to read this three times. Monsanto isn't just seeking a patent for the method,
they are seeking a patent on the actual pigs which are bred from this
method. It's an astoundingly broad and dangerous claim."...
資料來自 greenpeace