Monsanto's chapati patent raises Indian ire Randeep Ramesh in New Delhi Saturday January 31, 2004 The Guardian
Monsanto, the world's largest genetically modified seed company, has been awarded patents on the wheat used for making chapati - the flat bread staple of northern India. The patents give the US multinational exclusive ownership over Nap Hal, a strain of wheat whose gene sequence makes it particularly suited to producing crisp breads. Another patent, filed in Europe, gives Monsanto rights over the use of Nap Hal wheat to make chapatis, which consist of flour, water and salt. [snip] Full story at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1135675,00.html Sort of makes a mockery of the whole patent law business, doesn't it? Better stop eating chapatis and stick to boiled rice with your daal makhani, at least until those are patented too. Bye, bye, WIPO. -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
