EPO revokes Monsanto patent on Indian wheat

[shecky]

the European Patent Office has revoked the patent on Indian Nap Hal wheat variety following a legal opposition filed by Greenpeace at the EPO in February.

However, Greenpeace proved in its opposition that the wheat variety was bred by Indian farmers for improving its baking quality and it was not a genetically-engineered invention as claimed by Monsanto.

http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13582831

Monsanto, GM foods, Greenpeace, patents, lots of hot-button keywords. Unfortunately, the article is short on details. Is this really as simple a case as it sounds?

[Benguin]

A number of third world charities have been campaigning for a while about bio-tech firms trying to patent indigenous varieties of crop.

We sponsor a child through Actionaid, they are always writing to us about it