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Patents on Life
Background Information

June 25-30, 2001: FAO Conference on the "International Undertaking" in Rome, Italy Stop Biopiracy and Tricky Patents
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23-28 April 2001: Who will gain control over genetic resources vital for global food security? Download the PDF report

13 January 2001: European Parliament supports banning patenting animals, plants, micro-organisms, and biological and microbiological processes (external site).

European Patent Convention Conference, November 2000

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Greenpeace Briefings on Patents on Life - November 2000

Patenting life

Legal uncertainty

What is a patent

The patent as an economic weapon

Biopiracy


To change or not to change (download in Adobe Acrobat format)
A research on the decision making process in the European Union regarding the review of article 27.3 (b) of the TRIPS Agreement
M. Hildebrand on behalf of Greenpeace European Unit, December 1998