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Patent for A Pig: The Privatization of Genetic Information

This video has the tone of a polemic but this is an area where a strong call to action is needed. Is there anyone out there even willing to defend big corporations that are patenting naturally occurring genes and then aggressively “protecting” their IP? This is indicative of the broader problem with the US patent system which doesn’t encourage innovation in the way it was meant to.