The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement of GATT/WTO has globalized US-style patent laws. This has far-reaching consequences and impacts not only on our capacity to provide for our basic needs of food and medicine, but also on democracy and sovereignity. The universalization of patents to cover all subject matter, including life forms, has resulted in patents invading our forests and farms, our kitchens, and our medicinal plant gardens.
Technorati Tags: 
Post new comment