Europe Revokes Monsanto’s ’Fraudulent’ GMO Tomato Patent - Sustainable Pulse
▻http://sustainablepulse.com/2014/12/22/europe-revokes-monsantos-fraudulent-tomato-patent
The patent covered conventionally bred tomatoes with a natural resistance to a fungal disease called botrytis, which were claimed as an invention. The original tomatoes used for this patent were accessed via the international gene bank in Gatersleben, Germany, and it was already known that these plants had the desired resistance. Monsanto produced a cleverly worded patent in order to create the impression that genetic engineering had been used to produce the tomatoes and to make it look ‘inventive’.
#monsanto #brevet #vivant #tomate + #bonne_nouvelle :)