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Published online 7 May 2008 | 453, 145 (2008) | doi:10.1038/453145b

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Patent on Mexican yellow beans is reversed

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  • Bio-piracy and frivolous patent all in one. Our intellectual property process is seriously broken.

    • 08 May, 2008
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    • 09 May, 2008
    • Posted by: yoghanandha kumara

  • This is similar to the vasmati rice. Such patenting should be strictly banned.

    • 09 May, 2008
    • Posted by: D.P.S. RATHORE

  • They did simillar to Indian Basmati rice before. Government should consider such patents as crime. It should be banned.

    • 09 May, 2008
    • Posted by: Jeyaganesh Rajamanickam

  • Patants should be granted strictly.

    • 09 May, 2008
    • Posted by: chang jianglang