New patent law in Austria: Clear signal against patents on seeds
The Austrian Parliament (National Council) has passed an amendment to the national patent law. The new patent law excludes in particular adventitious genetic modifications from patent protection. Patents on malting barley or maize, as granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in recent years, can no longer be granted in Austria. Even if the law
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