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Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research by sanxiyn on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @07:36PM (#16703113)
On the topic of intellectual property, you are completely wrong. Plant patents predate GMO (like 50 years) and they are not "enabled by GMO" in any sense whatsoever.
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Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @07:47PM (#16703189)
> Plant patents predate GMO (like 50 years)

Huh, didn't know--thank you. Plants have apparently been patentable since 1930 [1]. In 1970, the Congress gave breeders "up to 25 years of exclusive control over new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually reproduced or tuber propagated plant varieties" [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Patent_Act_of_1930

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Variety_Protection_Act_o...

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Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research by sampo on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:01PM (#16703289)
Look how many times different mutations of the Red Delicious apple has been patented. 42 patents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Delicious

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