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Re:Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to c... by donw on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:53PM (#21373500)
If that's true, this is the real problem.

Is there legal precedent for this? I can't imagine that there were cases in the pre-GMO world where seed suppliers claimed that they owned all of the seeds grown by a farmer, but I could be wrong.

Would love to see some direct sources -- licensing docs from the vendors, legal cases, that sort of thing (e.g., not a link to a news article).

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Re:Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to c... by vonmoltke on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:19PM (#21373966)
Plants have been patentable in the US since 1930: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_Patent_Act_of_1930

I strongly suspect, but have no verified numbers to prove, that the majority of currently-patented plants are not GMO cultivars.

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Re:Block on GM rice ‘has cost millions of lives and led to c... by rapnie on Monday October 28, 2019 @02:48AM (#21374793)
Even with GM crops there are still ongoing legal battles on their patentability, e.g. on cotton seeds between Monsanto and Indian farmers:

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/was-there-a-...

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