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Re:Potato farmers cry foul as PepsiCo sues them by nradov on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:19PM (#19751569)
Do you think that a virus should count as a "living thing" in this context?

Patents on genetics are term limited, not perpetual.

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Re:Potato farmers cry foul as PepsiCo sues them by colechristensen on Friday April 26, 2019 @06:08AM (#19756008)
If it is being used or modified with regards to a wild virus doing virus things, yes. (no isolating and patenting a wild virus, vaccines, or research into wild virus and variations)

If it is being used as a machine to edit genetics as a way to patent genes, then yes.

If it is being used as a machine to do something less life related, maybe not.

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