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Germany: Open Fight on Biotechnology, Patents, and CIIs.
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| What should be duly noticed is that high-profile representatives of
| centre-right political parties are openly lobbying against patentability of
| biotechnological inventions, for example Mr Söder (CSU), Minister for
| Healthcare & Ecological Affairs of Bavaria. One prominent reason for this
| surely is of populist nature: There are general elections for the European
| Parliament and for the German Parliament ("Bundestag") later this year. As
| utilisation of genetically modified organisms in food chains is hopeless
| unpopular in Germany and angrily attacked in particular by conservative
| farmers in Bavaria, there is a big incentive for politicians to go exactly
| that way as demonstrated yesterday.
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| While most of the media coverage was directed to the EP 1651777 B1 patent,
| FFII had attempted to jump on the bandwagon by joining the rally, pointing
| towards patents on CIIs or, vulgo software patents. To this end they had
| invited a well-known heavyweight, namely Mr Richard M. Stallman himself.
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http://www.ipjur.com/blog2/index.php?/archives/63-Germany-Open-Fight-on-Biotechnology,-Patents,-and-CIIs..htm
Frankenfood Ban Is 'Neither Populism nor Panic-Mongering'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,619347,00.html
Recent:
IBM tries to patent offshoring
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| Two years ago, red-faced IBM executives ordered a patent application on
| offshoring jobs to be withdrawn. Last week it returned, more sophisticated
| than ever. The latest application, describes how to weigh various
| constraints, such as lack of a skilled workforce, against incentives such as
| tax breaks.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/ibm_offshore_patent/
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