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Institute for Independent Impact Assessment of Biotechnology
Current press release
Huge success for animal welfare coalition and environmental organisations
The European Patent Office (EPO) has for ethical reasons now declared two patents on genetically engineered chimpanzees to be no longer valid. All claims on genetically engineered animals have to be removed from the patents concerned. The Technical Board of Appeal at the EPO decided in favour of oppositions and appeals filed by a broad coalition of animal welfare and environmental organisations. European patent law prohibits patents on the genetic engineering of animals if it is likely to cause animal suffering.
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 No patents on Chimpanzees_success.pdf | 1.18 MB |
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