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----- Original Message ----- From: "fendi KOTO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:51 PM Subject: [RantauNet] > Assalamu'alaikum > > Sanak rantaunet nan ambo hormati, > > Akhirnyo dari perjuangan panjang, PAN Indonesia dimano ambo bakarajo jo > jaringannyo nan ado di 55 negara, berhasil mambatalkan paten perusahaan kimia dan > kosmetik Shieseido, dari Japang atas tanaman ubek-ubek asli Indonesia nan > alah lamo digunokan urang-urang gaek awak saisuk. > > Labih jalehnyo, silakan di baco di Kompas hari ini. > > Wassalam > > fendi KOTO > ---------- > Shiseido Canceled Biopatenting Indonesia's Spices > PAN Indonesia still investigate another case; possible conflict with > Malaysia > > > > > Dear friends, > > Indonesia version, in the last section > > > "Shiseido has been considered to be rather concientious company compared > with others such as Amway, and it is first time that I have heard such > biopyracy. So, I do not have enough information to judge whether we should fight > against Shiseido or not. Also, without proper information,I can not arrange any > lawyer for you," part of a Japenese NGO activists on 23 October 1999. > > "I was received your mail,but I'm sorry I'm not full understanding the > matter.cause I'm not close the connection.and also I never product cosmetic > item.some thing wrong?," a replied from middle rank officer of JICA, Japan > Inernational Cooperation Agency, in Indonesia 12 October 1999. > > Two statements above replied by Japanese to PAN Indonesia when received > messages of campaign against biopiracy by Shiseido to several native herbal crops > with the Indonesian' names. > > Yesterday, as reported by Kompas, the biggest daily newspaper, that Shiseido > hase announced cancelation of biopatenting of the Indonesian spices. In the > last two and half years the Japanese cosmetics company has received > bombardment campaign messages from PAN Indonesia and other concern civil society > organisation. Let's see what the company will do in the very near future. > Shiseido has got double patent protection both in JPO and EPO. > > rgds, > > Riza VT > > > > Shiseido Biopiracy to traditional herbal plants of Indonesia > > > SHISEIDO > > > Feature article: BIO_PIRACY/LIZ SHERIDAN > > in healthyoptiops magazine New Zealands > > > In our post-modern, North-South economically divided world, treasures > still exist. Since ancient times Indonesian Emperors employed traditional Jamu > herbs prescribed by herbal doctors to maintain good health, radiance, a > youthful appearance, libido and vigour. Jamu, comprising over a thousand > formulae, remained the sole property of the Royal Court until modern times, when it > was finally released for public sale.*1 > > Now Jamu is under threat ... and Pesticide Action Network*2 researcher, > Riza Tjahjadi explains that the Shiseido Corporation of Japan,*3 cosmetic > and skincare Trans National Corporation (TNC) has patented eleven traditional > Jamu healing herbs. Since 1989 (it should be 1999, RVT) they are > double-patented in both Japan and Europe, reports Mr Tjahjadi. It is not the herbs > themselves that have been patented but chemical compounds within the herbs, rare > compounds unique to traditional Jamu, which effect skin-whitening, hair > restoration and skin rejuvenation. > > Every time shoppers purchase skin-whitening products from Shiseido's > `UV White Range', or the Skin-Whitening Formula priced at circa $150 for a 50ml > pot, we are unwittingly supporting Shiseido's corporate theft. > > `This bio-piracy by Shiseido means they've stolen what belonged to our > traditional healers, stolen our farmers knowledge, their seeds and systems.' > says Mr Tjahjadi who is lobbying for protective and preventative legislation > and insists that, `We would like to educate our farmers about their rights, > and their ownership rights of their traditional crops. We call farmers crops > our `traditional seeds', we say these are `community intellectual rights' ... > and we would like to have protection for our property against such > bio-piracy.' > > Fact is that the world's small farmers and poorest most populous > nations don't have the mega-buck muscle to pay for patent rights. Probably they > never felt compelled to patent indigenous varieties, because small farmers such > as Jamu herb growers in Indonesia are, `stewards of the earth' and believe > they own the seeds and plants anyway. The last thing such a small farmer would > choose would be to prove that seeds and agricultural systems, inherited down > the generations, are his intellectual property. In the light of all the > patenting and bureaucratic jargon we must ask, why has protecting our farmers' > traditional `intellectual property rights' (IPR's) become so controversial? > > Controversy surrounds all traditional ownership currently because > ordinary people have become players in a global biotech battle. The stakes are > very high, indeed the prize is our natural heritage thinly disguised as a > genetic commodity by TNC's and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Mr Tjahjadi is > in good company, his grievances are the same as those that fuelled the Seattle > protest when 40,000 people rallied against WTO policies in 1999. In Prague > last year 15,000 protesters again marched against WTO policies.*4 The WTO is > targeted because of the sinister role it plays in assisting TNC's to steal > with impunity. Protesters fear however, that it could soon be too late for > direct action...... > > The WTO was inaugurated in 1995. With international headquarters in > Geneva, Switzerland and a staff of 550 they, `administer and enforce more than > 20 international agreements, resolve trade disputes between states and provide > a forum for global trade negotiations.'*5 One of these international > agreements is the, `trade related intellectual property rights,' or TRIPS council. > The TRIPS legislation is vehemently disputed because its article 27.3, allows > patenting of life-forms, plants and micro-organisms, and micro-biological > materials.*6,7 > > But first let's look at how the TRIPS legislation can theoretically > benefit TNC's. Simplifying a complex procedure such as genetic modification (GM) > we could say that bio-chemists normally splice a `sticky end' (a grouping of > molecular material including a virus) into an original cell, grow a GM > variety of the original, then submit patenting applications as if a new `life > form' was created. After which they market it globally as if it belonged to them, > and WTO protects their business interests through the TRIPS legslation. > Simple sticky ends....... > > It is clear that most of WTO's 135 member nations joined in order to > protect their national economic interests against various aspects of economic > fascism. WTO's role is that of power-broker in an unelected world government > intent on protecting the corporate/elitist agendas and business interests of > the New World Order (NWO). NWO comprises WTO, the World Bank, United Nations, > International Monetary Fund, the Business Roundtable, Club of Rome and a > massive web of various interlinked but unelected organisations (including > recently formed Food Authorities, Health Regulatory bodies, and soon the WTO's > `General Agreement on Trade in Services' (GATS) will mean that the world's public > services*8 will also be corporatised.) > > Many of these organisations are partially funded by taxpayers money or > government grants, effectively taxpayers subsidize the unelected `shadow' > world government, the NWO. Many business networks exist within the NWO > infrastructure, such as those that legitimize the theft and confiscation of global > intellectual property rights (IPR). > > In the Philippines the theft of Asian rice varieties is one aspect of > bio-piracy being challenged by Lawyers, Benjamin Ramos Jr. and Mario Denito. > As Board Members of MASIPAG a Non Government Organisation (NGO) they represent > the interests of 900,000 farmers, farming families, scientists and other > legal experts. MASIPAG like PAN is part of a larger grouping of NGO's in the > region and throughout the world fighting to protect local small farmers rights. > The stake are so high that all small farmers obviously need NGO assistance to > retain ownership of traditional systems, resources and traditional seed > varieties. > > According to Mr Ramos, `Half a million people signed a petition to > register their solidarity against the patenting of life. We had a MASIPAG > conference in February 1999 and presented that petition to the Department of > Agriculture and also the Department of Agrarian Reform.' > > The biotech-TNC's would be well advised to listen to the opinions of > both protesters and NGO representatives, but they are too busy reproducing > themselves. SYNGENTA the world's biggest biotech-TNC was created when NOVARTIS > and ZENECA merged on 10th October 1999 in Basel, Switzerland, (with European > Union permission). They plan to integrate seed corporations into their `life > sciences' division, chemical divisions into a `crop protection' group, and > also operate pharmaceutical `healthcare' corporations. They hope to re-invent > new forms of pharmaceuticals and are `moving from the seed business to food and > pharma'*9. AVENTIS is the second largest biotech-TNC, and now MONSANTO, > until recently bio-tech market leader, is third largest. > > According to Bill Wadsworth, Technical Director of Iceland Food PLC > (UK) itself a corporation manufacturing and retailing food, every biotech > market-leader is vying to be the first to `spin' protein in laboratories within ten > years, then to market laboratory-food globally. These corporations will make > their true GM business agenda known to the public slowly and deliberately. > They might even engineer a few major global food disasters so, > `standard-equivalent,*10 safe and nutritionally excellent GM lab-food' will be welcomed > into a currently GM wary market to ease shortages. > > We must never forget the biotech-TNC's gruesome past. As the world's > chemical giants they sprayed agri-chemicals into soil and food-chain, forcing > it down our throats for the past fifty years.*11 Although patenting and GM is > the second wave, the first wave of chemical madness still severely chemically > poisons 3million people annually, and more than 20,000 of those may die*12 > Great advertising for such a dedicated good-news industry! For example rural > suicide is a plague in countries like Sri Lanka where impoverished rice > farmers often use chemicals to poison themselves, their debt/desperation cycle > often caused, ironically by chemical farming.*13 > > In the past five decades the world's traditional organic agricultural > systems were supposedly `upgraded', but really they were usurped by greedy > multi-national chemical companies interested in profit. This `industrial > advancement' meant reliance on agri-chemicals and artificial chemical fertilizer > inputs, which were of course `safe and effective'. These were essential to > maintain newly-introduced broad-acre farming systems, producing so-called > `conventional' food which Joe Public was assured would be safe and, `feed the world.' > Today's GM-marketing uses the same cynical `feed the world' slogan, and > biotech-TNC's re-assure public of `safety' and `benefits'....... > > TNC-biotechs may be challenged to win the lab-food race but in Southern > lands the unrelenting legal battle to save many varieties of indigenous > plants continues. Rice is the staple diet for over half the world's population > and also under greatest threat from patenting and GM. > > According to MASIPAG researchers approximately 160 bio-tech patents are > owned by TNC's, and 13 bio-tech corporations also hold most of the patents > on rice. Since May 2000, according to MASIPAGO the International Rice Research > Institute funded a project to grow a trial crop of "BB rice" so-called > because it is genetically engineered to resist bacterial blight. MASIPAG opposed > the project and Mr Ramos explains that BB rice will inevitably contaminate > other rice varieties. There should, he insists, be a minimum ten year > moratorium on GE because it endangers existing crops and food security. > > Amongst the bleak `sticky ends' of GM there is some good news for > Indian Basmati Rice growers, reported in the Hindustan Times, New Delhi, India on > September 27th 2000: > > `In a major success for India's effort to retain its commercial > interest on Basmati rice exports, Ricetec Inc, a Texas-based US company, which had > obtained a patent for `Basmati rice lines and grains', has been forced to > withdraw certain claims in its US patent.'.....`Ricetec Inc has now withdrawn the > claims, which could have adversely affected the commercial interests of > Basmati rice exporters.' > > And Mr Tjahjadi adds, `Bio-piracy is already happening everywhere, not > just here .... why should we have to pay for using our own traditional > herbs?' Southern and indigenous groups, he hopes, will be able to defend themselves > against bio-piracy and GM. But on the other hand TNC's would not feed the > world; bring safe food to the marketplace; pay restitution for reducing > bio-diversity and fertility by 50%;*14 or compensate poisoned people's families or > infertile couples. That is why billions of global citizens care about the > ravages of bio-piracy and the TRIPS legislation, and some are brave enough to > mobilise against economic fascism. > > rgds, > > Riza V. Tjahjadi > PAN Indonesia > Jl. Persada Raya No. 1 Menteng Dalam > Jakarta 12870 Indonesia > > > > «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» > No Patent No Cure No Patent No Beauty > No Patent No Food > They claimed > We fight for > Farmers' Rights, and Community Intellectual > Rights > «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» > > > > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// //// > > "The government will support people's initiative against biopiracy. I and > the minister on research and technology have also already discussed about > issue of biopiracy, " said the director general of Intellectual Property Rights, > Zen Umar Purba, as response to PAN Indonesia, when asked the government > position to biopiracy, at terrace of Acacia Hotel after his presentation in the > ASEAN Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement and Traditional Medicine13 February > 2001, Jakarta. > > However, PAN Indonesia insisted that the government should responsible and > taking care the issue at court > level. > > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// / > > > > Shiseido Biopiracy to Traditional herbal plants of Indonesia > > > Background: The use of plants for healing in Indonesia dates back to > prehistoric times. It has a long history of traditional use, handed down orally from > generation to generation. The oldest and the most widespread is the jamu - > an Indonesian term referring to the indigenous herbal medicine and system, > which originated in Java and eventually spread to neighboring Bali and the rest > of Indonesia. Recently, jamu stand for the industrial traditional herbal. > Jamu is traditionally used by the Javanese not just to cure a certain disease > but more so to restore equilibrium through the human body's own resistance - > prevention is also another word. Among its multiple uses are the maintenance of > good health, beauty care, to regulate menstruation, and weight loss. > > Patent: Indonesia's herbal medicines and knowledge has become the subject of > a series of Japanese patent applications by Shiseido Co. Ltd., Japan's > largest beauty products company. One of the patents being sought is on hair tonic > based on Cabe Jawa (Piperaceae) while another claims a composition based on a > crude medicine composed of Orang aring (Eclipta alba), Jangkang (Sterculia > foetida), Meniran (Phyllanthuss niruri), Mrico bolong (Melaleuca leucandindra) > and Temu kunci (Boesenbergia pandurata). Both of these patents are based on > the traditional medicine and knowledge of Indonesian people. In 1995 alone, > more than 35 herbal plants from Indonesia have been the subjects of more than > 20 patent applications by Shiseido in Japan. > > Lempuyang, another popular cosmetic jamu, has also been a subject of many > patents (WO09963950A1, JP10029924A, JP09169628A, JP09169627A, JP09071522A; > patents as issued by Japan Patent office) for its anti-aging properties and > moisture-retention properties. Already, in 1999, Shiseido successfully launched a > new line of skin whitening products based on lempuyang extract. > > (challenge: filling out the traditional use of some of these plants > especially Cabe Jawa and Lempuyang - as to determine whether it is the same property > patented by Shiseido). > > EPO (European Patent Office) also issued similar patent for Shiseido, more > complete with patent holder: > > Here are the European patents for your information.... (I only included the > first page and the claims. The description of the field of invention is quite > long. Just tell me if you want it to be sent also). > > SCALP CARE COMPOSITIONS > > Patent Number: EP0914816 > Publication date: 1999-05-12 > Inventor(s): IDETA RITSURO (JP); IFUKU OHJI (JP); KOJIMA NAO (JP); > MORIYA YOSHIKI (JP); SHIBATA YUKI (JP); SOMA TSUTOMU (JP); TSUJI > YOSHIHARU (JP) > > Applicant(s): SHISEIDO CO LTD (JP) > > Requested Patent: WO9852516 > > Application Number: EP19980919625 19980515 > > Priority Number(s): WO1998JP02162 19980515; JP19970144704 19970519; > JP19970207246 19970716; JP19970207248 19970716; JP19970268070 19970912; > JP19970322093 19971107 > > Abstract > A composition for use on the scalp, a composition for promoting tyrosinase > activity, and a composition for preventing gray hair which characteristically > contain extracts from various plants. The composition for use on the scalp of > the present invention can effectively prevent dandruff and is safe. Also, > the composition for use on the scalp of the present invention is particularly > effective in preventing and treating dandruff which is generated due to scalp > stimulation by surfactants such as shampoos, rinses, etc. It also is highly > effective at preventing scalp itching. Also, the present invention provides a > composition with a superior tyrosinase activity promoting action and gray > hair prevention action. > > Claims > > 1. A composition for use on the scalp which characteristically contains one > or more types of extracts chosen from among extracts of the following plants. > (1) Kayu rapet (scientific name: Parameria laevigata) > (2) Kemukus (scientific name: Piper cubeba) > (3) Tempuyung (scientific name: Sonchus arvensis L.) > (4) Belantas (scientific name: Pluchea indica L.) > (5) Mesoyi (scientific name: Massoia aromatica Becc.) > (6) Pule (scientific name: Alstonia scholaris) > (7) Pulowaras (scientific name: Alycia reindwartii BI.) > (8) Sintok (scientific name: Cinnamomum sintoc BI.) > > 2. The composition for use on the scalp of claim 1 wherein the blend ratio > of the plant extract is 0.001-10.0 wt%. > > 3. A composition for use on the scalp which contains as an effective > ingredient an extract from a plant of the Apocynaceae family, genus Parameria. > > 4. The composition for use on the scalp of claim 3 wherein the plant of > genus Parameria is Parameria laevigata (Kayu rapet). > > 5. A composition for promoting tyrosinase activity which contains as an > effective ingredient an extract from a plant of the Apocynaceae family, genus > Parameria. > > 6. The composition for promoting tyrosinase activity of claim 5 wherein the > plant of genus Parameria is Parameria laevigata (Kayu rapet). > > 7. A composition for preventing gray hair which contains as an effective > ingredient an extract from a plant of the Apocynaceae family, genus Parameria. > > 8. The composition for preventing gray hair of claim 7 wherein the plant of > genus Parameria is Parameria laevigata (Kayu rapet). > > 9. A composition for use of the scalp which contains as an effective > ingredient a plant extract wherein the effective ingredient is at least one type of > extract derived from a plant of a genus chosen from a group consisting of the > Ericaceae family, genus Arctostaphylos, the Chenopodiaceae family, genus > Chenopodium and genus Poterium and the Ericaceae family, genus Gautheria. > > 10. The composition for use of the scalp of claim 9 wherein the plant of the > Ericaceae family, genus Arctostaphylos, is Pinguica (scientific name: > Chenopodium Ambrosioides L.); the plant of the Chenopodiaceae family, genus > Chenopodium, is Aritaso (in Japanese; scientific name: Chenopodium Ambrosioides L.); > the plant of genus Poterium is Zapote (scientific name: Poterium Zapote); > and the plant of the Ericaceae family, genus Gautheria, is Axcopaque > (scientific name: Gautheria Acuminata). > > 11. A composition for promoting tyrosinase activity which contains as an > effective ingredient a plant extract wherein the effective ingredient is at > least one type of extract derived from a plant of a genus chosen from a group > consisting of the Ericaceae family, genus Arctostaphylos, the Chenopodiaceae > family, genus Chenopodium and genus Poterium and the Ericaceae family, genus > Gautheria. > > 12. A composition for preventing gray hair which contains as an effective > ingredient a plant extract wherein the effective ingredient is at least one > type of extract derived from a plant of a genus chosen from a group consisting > of the Ericaceae family, genus Arctostaphylos, the Chenopodiaceae family, > genus Chenopodium and genus Poterium and the Ericaceae family, genus Gautheria. > > 13. The composition of claim 11 wherein the plant of the Ericaceae family, > genus Arctostaphylos, is Pinguica (scientific name: Chenopodium Ambrosioides > L.); the plant of the Chenopodiaceae family, genus Chenopodium, is Aritaso (in > Japanese; scientific name: Chenopodium Ambrosioides L.); the plant of genus > Poterium is Zapote (scientific name: Poterium Zapote); and the plant of the > Ericaceae family, genus Gautheria, is Axcopaque (scientific name: Gautheria > Acuminata). > > 14. The composition of claim 12 wherein the plant of the Ericaceae family, > genus Arctostaphylos, is Pinguica (scientific name: Chenopodium Ambrosioides > L.); the plant of the Chenopodiaceae family, genus Chenopodium, is Aritaso (in > Japanese; scientific name: Chenopodium Ambrosioides L.); the plant of genus > Poterium is Zapote (scientific name: Poterium Zapote); and the plant of the > Ericaceae family, genus Gautheria, is Axcopaque (scientific name: Gautheria > Acuminata). > > 15. A composition for use on the scalp which characteristically contains as > an effective ingredient an extract from guaco misto (scientific name: Mykania > Glomerata) of the Compositae family, genus Mykania. > > 16. A composition for promoting tyrosinase activity which contains as an > effective ingredient a plant extract wherein the effective ingredient is an > extract from guaco misto (scientific name: Mykania Glomerata) of the Compositae > family, genus Mykania. > > 17. A composition for preventing gray hair which contains as an effective > ingredient a plant extract wherein the effective ingredient is an extract >from > guaco misto (scientific name: Mykania Glomerata) of the Compositae family, > genus Mykania. > > 18. A composition for use on the scalp which characteristically contains as > an effective ingredient a Japanese pepper extract. > > 19. A tyrosinase activity promoting agent which contains as an effective > ingredient a Japanese pepper extract. > > 20. The tyrosinase activity promoting agent of claim 19 wherein the > tyrosinase activity promoting agent is a gray hair prevention agent. > > Data supplied from the esp@cenet database - l2 > > You can also contact: > European Patent Office > Enlarged Board of Appeal > concerning T1054/96 and T 356/93 > 80298 München Germany > Fax: (49-89) 23 99 45 60 > > Implications: > Some are directly referred to be used as folk medicines (traditionally known > as "jamu"). Products have been developed, for example Shiseido Fine Toiletry > in 1998 launched a new facial cleansing soap called "Rajam" which has been > developed based on jamu folk medicine in Bali island. It contains "Jamu" made > by compounding Asian herbs. > > How will it impact the economy? > In global terms, the estimated market for traditional remedies is at US$2 > bil, with Japan accounting for sales of US$920 mil and China US$500 mil. The > market for Indonesian traditional remedies, locally known as jamu is estimated > at US$150 mil (1992) of which 20% is for premium-priced products. Indonesian > herbal medicine exports totaled 2,393 tons valued at US$29 mil in 1997, vs > 4,903 tons in 1996, and 1,800 tons valued at US$21.9 mil in 1994 where the top > importer continues is Saudi Arabia. > > Will it impact on small peoples' livelihood? > Thousands of Banyumas residents in Central Java, as one of illustrations, > depend on the jamu industry for their livelihood. Currently, rough estimation, > at least 6,000 people are employed by about 400 jamu enterprises in Cilacap > and Banyumas. Again, this one of examples. > > In Central Java as centre of jamu industry, as reported by Bisnis Indonesia > (24 January 2001). officially recorded around 95 enterprises, but in real > activities only 50 enterprises. By classification, there are 6 big companies, > with 7 medium enterprises, small scale 78, and simplisia 2 companies; all > locates in Semarang, Kedu, Surakarta, Pati, Tegal Cilacap and Kedu. > > How will it impact on long held culture? > Herbal medicine had been used since the ancient time and continues to be > consumed by people of different level; lower, middle and upper, in the villages > and in the big cities. One could buy easily ready made jamu packed modernly > in the form of powder, pills, capsules, drinking liquid and ointments. There > are still jamu street vendor or tiny shops, which sell only ingredients or > prepare the jamu on spot as required by buyers. Some women still roam in the > street - peddled remedies (jamu Gendong) or may use motorcycles or push carts - > to sell ready to drink jamu, a common view across the country. The > traditional methods of making jamu such as by boiling the prepared herbal ingredients > (jamu godok) still prevail in Javanese society. The popular traditional tools > of making jamu are still available in many Javanese houses. > > The traditional medicine system in Indonesia is shaped by its wealth of > biological and cultural diversity. Jamu flourished because of a dynamic system of > exchanges of new knowledge and uses of herbal medicines between various > cultural groups. The imposition of private ownership and commodification of these > resources and knowledge disrupts the traditional medical systems in place. > Plants and even jamu formulations have been collected, knowledge have been > extracted and patented for the benefit of a few stockholders and later on > further worked on and sold to those able to pay the price. In spite of the > availability of modern medicine, still more than 70% of Indonesian people depend > heavily on jamu. Presently, it plays an important component of Indonesia's > national health care system. It also plays a major role in the economy, creating > job opportunities especially in the rural areas, especially during the multi > dimensional crisis since July 1997. > (foresee to be the possible impact on the health care system, figured out > whether they collected materials from Indonesia and whether they did it in > compliance with CBD i.e. prior informed consent and benefit sharing) > > Additional info: > Classification according IUCN in Rifai 1983, divided into five category: > Extinct, Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare, Indeterminate. > Sintox (cinnamomum sintox), for example, was classified rare in 1990 > (Sudiarto, 1990). Other plants are examining. > > Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) > > Article 27: Patentable Subject Matter > 3. Members may also exclude from patentability: (b) plants and animals other > than micro-organisms, and essentially biological processes for the > production of plants or animals other than non-biological and microbiological > processes. However, Members shall provide for the protection of plant varieties > either by patents or by an effective sui generis system or by any combination > thereof. The provisions of this subparagraph shall be reviewed four years after > the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement. > > There are extraordinary problems with Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS > Agreement: > > · No parameters for what a 'sui generis' system can amount to. > · No parameters for what is 'effective'. > · Many WTO members have expressed their view that genes and microbiological > processes are not inventions and therefore are not patentable subject matter. > · With its lack of any benefit-sharing mechanism, TRIPS offers no remedy for > the ongoing wave of biopiracy and is perceived as exacerbating the problem. > · There is a bias ingrained in TRIPS to protect breeders and > biotechnologists at the expense of farmers and local communities. > · Many countries perceive a conflict between TRIPS and the rights and > obligations countries previously acquired under the Convention on Biological > Diversity (CBD). > > «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» > Riza V. Tjahjadi > PAN Indonesia > Jl. Persada Raya No. 1 Menteng Dalam Jakarta 12870 Indonesia > Telp & fax: (021) 8296545; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» > > > No Patent No Beauty No Patent No Food > They claimed > WE fight for > Community Rights > and Farmers Rights > > > Indonesia version: > > > > S H I S E I D O > Pembajak Hayati tanaman indonesia, . . . Boikot . . ! > > > Berbagai jenis tanaman yang dikenal sebagai bahan obat dan rempah-rempah > sejak nenek-moyang kita, diam-diam telah dipatenkan oleh perusahaan kosmetika > terkenal dari Jepang Shiseido. Tercatat 9 buah paten. Lihat nomor paten dan > tanggal, serta judulnya, yaitu: > > JP10316541 ¤ 98-12-02 Composition for head (perawatan kepala) > JP10045555 ¤ 98-02-17 external preparation for skin (perawatan kulit) > JP10029927 ¤ 98-02-03 anti-aging agent (obat awet muda) > JP10029928 ¤ 98-02-03 skin preparation for external use (perawatan kulit) > JP10029924 ¤ 98-02-03 antiaging agent (obat awet muda) > JP10029923 ¤ 98-02-03 antiaging agent (i d e m) > JP10007535 ¤ 98-01-13 preparation for external use for skin (perawatan > kulit) > JP10007535 ¤ 98-01-13 hair tonic (tonik rambut) > JP9095420 ¤ 97-04-08 preparation for external use for skin (perawatan > kulit). > Pematenan semacam ini dikenal sebagai pembajakan hayati milik rakyat > Indonesia. Dewasa ini PAN Indonesia tengah menanyakan kepada Shiseido, apa cakupan > paten itu, apa dampaknya bagi rakyat Indonesia, dan sebagainya. Celaka, > sungguh, jika bangsa Indonesia harus minta ijin lebih dahulu, jika ingin memakai > tanaman - yang mungkin sudah lama ada di pekarangan kita - ke Jepang. Atau > membayar royalti ke Jepang, jika misalnya, anda meracik ramuan paten Shiseido > untuk kosmetika kita. Ironis..! > Nah, bersiap-siaplah dihisap, atau lawanlah paten itu. Mulailah dengan > BOIKOT, jika anda mau..! > > Riza VT > PAN Indonesia > Jl. Persada Raya No. 1 Menteng Dalam Jakarta 12870 > Telp. & fax: 62-21-8296545; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > lihat juga: kompas 26 Maret 2002 > > > ///////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > > Dear Kaji san, > > Let me take opportunity to say thank you very much with your proposed action > within Japan. > > Our campaign look like giant leap without proper ammunition. There will be a > huge of home work we must pursue. > > I found, I shout, then, began to identify. > > In Jakarta, I just began to prepare meeting to get more data about the > existing practicess and/or utilization of crops/herbals that uses as materials for > patent formulation. Just began make identification with some NGOs and > herbalists, traditional shamans, etc. > > In the near future we will use results of the meeting for part of arguments > against patenting life form, against biopiracy, of which the parliament will > begin deliberate of a draft of revisioning a Patent Bill. > > No Patent No Beauty, No Patent No Cure - are the myths of the transnational > companies that targetted be demise by NGOs or civil society organization with > NO PATENT ON LIFE NO PATENT ON HERBALS/CROPS. > > I will happy if you could also stimulate your own concern and solidarity to > maintain the emerging movement against biopiracy. Most important, this a new > thing. Let's talk to, let say, lawyer that defend indigenous people (like > Ainu community in Japan). I share a succes story of > Amazon people against biopiracy of ayahuasca (below). > > Keep in touch, and of course, I will keep you inform to what the NGOs > prepare to continue this campaign. > > best regards, > Riza VT > 02/24/2000 > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net > > > RantauNet http://www.rantaunet.com > > Isikan data keanggotaan anda di http://www.rantaunet.com/register.php3 > =============================================== > Mendaftar atau berhenti menerima RantauNet Mailing List di > http://www.rantaunet.com/subscribe.php3 > > ATAU Kirimkan email > Ke/To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isi email/Messages, ketik pada baris/kolom pertama: > -mendaftar--> subscribe rantau-net [email_anda] > -berhenti----> unsubscribe rantau-net [email_anda] > Keterangan: [email_anda] = isikan alamat email anda tanpa tanda kurung > =============================================== > RantauNet http://www.rantaunet.com Isikan data keanggotaan anda di http://www.rantaunet.com/register.php3 =============================================== Mendaftar atau berhenti menerima RantauNet Mailing List di http://www.rantaunet.com/subscribe.php3 ATAU Kirimkan email Ke/To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isi email/Messages, ketik pada baris/kolom pertama: -mendaftar--> subscribe rantau-net [email_anda] -berhenti----> unsubscribe rantau-net [email_anda] Keterangan: [email_anda] = isikan alamat email anda tanpa tanda kurung ===============================================
