[Ngo-sanrm] Monsanto's Patent Appeal Rejected by Indian Government, Saving Farmers, Food and Lives

[Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group]

Less than a week ago, Monsanto got more than a slap on the wrist from the Indian government - they were delivered two fat rejections - one from the patent appeals court and another rejection that was upheld by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board.

Dismissing Monsanto's appeal were the Honorable Justice Prabha Sridevi, 
Chair of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board of India, and the 
Honorable Shri DPS Parmar, technical member. If you would like to 
personally thank these individuals for standing up to corporate greed 
and the domination of the world food supply, you can contact them via 
the web addresses listed below:

Intellectual Property Appellate Board of India

Monsanto's patent application was refused for both"Methods of Enhancing 
Stress Tolerance in plants and methods thereof," and "A method of 
producing a transgenic plant, with increasing heat tolerance, salt 
tolerance or drought tolerance." The patent office refused the claims 
because:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_27899.cfm 
 
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Chuck Palazzo
Agent Orange Action Group
http://aoag.org/
Hoa Binh Chapter, Veterans For Peace
http://vfp-vn.ning.com/

chuck_pal at yahoo.com
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