[Fsfe-uk] [resurrected thread] Re: [Free-sklyarov-uk] Re: Gene patenting

[Martin Keegan]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> More to the point, though, are these patents actually enforcible? If not,
> then Monsanto have paid for them, and they're no use.

Even non-enforceable patents may be used to bolster a threat of
enforcement. Have a ``look'' at the following audio document:

rtsp://195.152.12.45:554/arts/JUSTIN_WATTS.RM?cloakport=8080,554,7070

"I'm going to stick to talking about patent rights, starting off with the
legal principles: what they can and can't do in theory, but also (and what
I think is more important) the practical side of what patents can and
cannot do in practice, which is very different from the theory, as I hope
to show."

Mk