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• Reuters: Brazil says Monsanto's Intacta patent should be voided (22nd January 2018)
  

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  European Patent Office: EPO stays proceedings in certain biotechnology cases (12th December 2016)
  

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  Deutsche Welle: Carlsberg urged by NGOs to rethink beer ingredient patents (17th November 2016)
  

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  No Patents on Seeds: EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding should be regarded as non-patentable (3rd November 2016)
  

• EU Business: European Parliament calling for patents on plants derived from conventional breeding to be stopped (17th December 2015)
  

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  IP Watch: EPO Backs Patents On Conventional Plants: Broccoli, Tomato Cases Decided (30th March 2015)
  

• MIT Technology Review: Who Owns the Biggest Biotech Discovery of the Century? (4th December 2014)
  

• The Guardian: Fighting the seed monopoly: 'We want to make free seed a sort of meme' (2nd May 2014)
  

• Swiss Info: Pepper patent row heats up (16th April 2014)
  

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  Investig'Action: Le Chili celebre le triomphe contre la Loi Monsanto et l'Accord UPOV [In French] (12th April 2014)
  

• InfoJustice: Europe-Wide Resistance Against Syngenta's Patent on Pepper (3rd February 2014)
  

• Bloomberg: Myriad Genetics Sues Ambry to Thwart Rival Cancer Test (9th July 2013)
  

• The Telegraph: The firms putting a copyright on cancer (1st July 2013)
  

• BBC: US Supreme Court says human DNA cannot be patented (13th June 2013)
  

• The Guardian: Human genes patent ruling: some clarity but real problem remains (13th June 2013)
  

• Public Service Europe: Are patents on apes morally acceptable? (8th March 2013)
  

• Salem-News.com: Family Farmers Travel to Washington D.C. to Take on Monsanto (6th January 2012)
  

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  Bloomberg: DuPont Sends in Former Cops to Enforce Seed Patents: Commodities (28th November 2012)
  

• Bloomberg: Monsanto Seed Patent Case Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review (5th October 2012)
  

• Nature News: Personal-genetics company patent raises hackles (31st May 2012)
  

• The Guardian: It's time for a register of interests for science academics (10th April 2012)
  

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