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Re: [Market-farming] ARS Has Patented a Forage Plant that Wards offRuminant Gastrointestinal Nematode
- From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] ARS Has Patented a Forage Plant that Wards offRuminant Gastrointestinal Nematode
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:46:47 -0600
I can’t speak for them specifically
but I know many researchers/universities are simply protecting intellectual property.
As you note, tax dollars are used to develop these products, but then large
seed companies want to use them without the developers getting anything in
return. A patent allows the developers (including Universities/USDA/etc.) to
capture a royalty on the plant material once it enters the public sector. This
has become necessary as the states and fed have reduced their support for
public universities dramatically in the last 2 decades. As a tax-payer you may
still be able to get some of that seed free (I’m not sure) if you can
find the developers and contact them. It would be perfectly legal. The seed
companies will probably only take advantage of the variety to use it in
breeding, create a new variety with the resistance trait and patent that
variety as it’s own. So it would be good if you could get some of the
seed, send some to others and get it into the public sector more thoroughly. Bill William H. Shoemaker Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops 630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610 From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of TxBeeFarmer This is the link to the article: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/100218.htm I'm not sending posting this
information because I want you all to know about the ARS findings -
although they are very interesting. What I'm wondering about is the
"patent". What exactly does this mean? Does it
mean ARES owns the grass now and can charge for it if we have
it? If so, how can they take OUR tax dollars to pay for research, patent
what they find, and charge us for it? I sure hope I'm wrong in my
thinking! What else have they patented?! Please explain this to me. Thanks TxBeeFarmer (Mark) |
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[Market-farming] ARS Has Patented a Forage Plant that Wards off Ruminant Gastrointestinal Nematode,
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