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Monsanto Hid Decades Of Pollution
Article - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A46648-2001Dec31
Tags: [Cover-ups] [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto Held Liable For PCB Dumping
Article - Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54914-2002Feb22?language=printer
Tags: [Cover-ups] [Patents and Litigation]
Muckaty Voices
Audio / Video - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcuNpT84Ovo
Tags: [Land Acquisition] [Patents and Litigation] [Mining/Resources]
Significant loss of landholders rights
Website - Caroona Coal Action Group
http://www.ccag.org.au/
Tags: [Land Acquisition] [Activism] [Damaged ecosystems] [Patents and Litigation] [Mining/Resources]
Kakadu plum patent
Article - ABC News
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2010/s2901469.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Ecuador's Constitution Gives Rights to Nature
Article - Upside Down World
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/ecuador-archives-49/1494-ecuadors-constitution-gives-rights-to-nature
Tags: [Democracy] [Biodiversity] [Patents and Litigation]
Methods of feeding pigs and products containing beneficial essential fatty acids
Report - WIPO
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?amp%3Bamp%3BDISPLAY=STATUS&IA=US2009032396&DISPLAY=STATUS
Tags: [Biotechnology] [Patents and Litigation]
The Brocoli Case (Plant Bioscience)
Article - No patents on seed
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=20
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Overview: International patent
applications
in genetic engineering of plants
and conventional breeding.
Graph - European Patent Office in Munich, Germany
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/images/documents/statistical_analyses_european_patents_en.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Seed Control/Owndership]
No patents on seeds and animals
Website - No patents on seeds and animals
http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Genes/Genetics] [Seed Saving] [Seed Control/Owndership]
Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online
Judge Nullifies Gene Patents
Article - Wired
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/judge-nullifies-gene-patents/#ixzz0nCI4tPTE
Tags: [Genes/Genetics] [Patents and Litigation]
GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
Article - IPS
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51193
Tags: [Herbicides and Pesticides] [Weed Control] [Seed Control/Owndership] [Patents and Litigation]
Gene cartels: biotech patents in the age of free trade
Book Details - By Luigi Palombi
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3wbTS5HYqy0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Gene+Cartels:+Biotech+patents+in+the+age+of+free+trade&source=bl&ots=SSoYthz0Bp&sig=wzBCrRDES80n1njH46FickDjTlI&hl=en&ei=VvXkS-mfLYiQsAOS4eXfAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false
Tags: [Biotechnology] [Patents and Litigation]
Seed Industry Structure
Map - Phillip H Howard
https://www.msu.edu/~howardp/seedindustry.html
Tags: [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Farmers Speak: Bust Up Big Ag
Audio / Video - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1axAqJGEXI
Tags: [Agribusiness] [Activism] [GM crop applications] [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Science superstar Dr J Craig Venter to deliver Graeme Clark Oration
Event Details - University of Melbourne
http://cms.unimelb.edu.au/?a=196313
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Venter’s Team Makes Vast Patent Grab on Synthetic Genomes
Article - ETC Group
http://www.etcgroup.org/en/node/663
Tags: [Transgenic DNA] [Patents and Litigation]
Was 2009 the year the world turned against GM?
Article - The Ecologist
http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/other_comments/395845/was_2009_the_year_the_world_turned_against_gm.html
Tags: [GM Concerns] [Sustainable Agriculture] [Patents and Litigation] [Seed Saving] [Scientific Testing]
Bayer verdict shows why GM trials must be stopped
Article - GM Watch
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11792-bayer-verdict-shows-gm-trials-must-be-stopped
Tags: [Crop trials] [Patents and Litigation] [Rice]
MADGE to Tony Burke: We need Research, Sharing, Goodwill;
Not patented GM technology looking for a market to exploit
Media Release - MADGE
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/MR-MADGE-to-Tony-Burke-021209.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Research] [Scientific Testing]
Department of Justice questions Monsanto about anticompetition
Article - Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/feed/feed-latest.html
Tags: [Agribusiness] [GM Regulation] [Patents and Litigation]
Global alert against 'Monsantosizing' our food
Article - GM watch
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11609-global-alert-against-monsantosizing-our-food
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
DEVELOPMENT: For-Profit Seeds Hurting Farmers, Biodiversity
Article - IPS
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48976
Tags: [Seed Saving] [Biodiversity] [Patents and Litigation]
Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research
Article - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/business/20crop.html?_r=2
Tags: [Scientific Testing] [Conflicts of Interest] [Patents and Litigation]
Court rules GE alfalfa can result in irreversible harm to crops
Article - US Food Policy
http://usfoodpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/06/court-rules-ge-alfalfa-can-result-in.html
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
GM Should Not Just be Dismissed, Nor Just Accepted
Article - Inter Press Service News Agency
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=47237
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Africa] [Agribusiness] [Maize]
The Global Spread of GMO Crops
Article - The Permaculture Institute of Australia
http://permaculture.org.au/2009/04/17/the-global-spread-of-gmo-crops-2/
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Damaged ecosystems] [Crop yields] [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Europe’s Uprising Against GMOs and Patents on Life
Article - The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
http://permaculture.org.au/2009/06/22/europes-uprising-against-gmos-and-patents-on-life/
Tags: [Activism] [Protest] [Patents and Litigation] [GM Concerns] [Moratorium] [Europe]
Cargill and the priest
Article - Ecologist
http://www.theecologist.org/take_action/campaigns/271911/cargill_and_the_priest.html
Tags: [Soy] [Climate change] [Deforestation] [Damaged ecosystems] [Agribusiness] [Food Sovereignty] [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto Gives New Movie "Food Inc" Two Thumbs Down
Article - Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/4/192032/0602
Tags: [Agribusiness] [Cover-ups] [Farming subsidies] [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Seed Treaty: La Via Campesina Declaration
Article - La Viva Campesina
http://www.viacampesina.org/main_en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=734&Itemid=37
Tags: [Food Sovereignty] [Seed Saving] [Global food crisis] [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto Patent for a Pig
Audio / Video - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ouf_gmA5o
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Animal breeding]
Unilever’s ISP gets novel foods approval for ice cream
Article - Food Navigator Dot Com
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Legislation/Unilever-s-ISP-gets-novel-foods-approval-for-ice-cream/?c=j%2FnIs1FdlzUNX8DIs3Z7ig%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto takes Germany to court over GM maize battle
Article - guardian.co.uk: Environment Blog
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/apr/28/monsanto-court-germany-gm-maize?showallcomments=true
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Maize]
GM trials raise concerns for organic accreditation
Article - TheWest.com.au
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=138489
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation] [Western Australia] [Crop trials]
Californian Laws re crop contamination by GM seed
Transcript - Californian Parliament
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/statute/ch_0401-0450/ch_424_st_2008_ab_541
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation] [Parliamentry Directories]
US organic farm group pushes for GM law change
Article - Fairfax Digital: Farmonline
http://qcl.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/general/us-organic-farm-group-pushes-for-gm-law-change/1463434.aspx
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Seed Saving]
Biotech Animals Case Goes to High Court
Article - Scoop: Independent News
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0903/S00070.htm
Tags: [Biotechnology] [Animal breeding] [Patents and Litigation]
High Court action against UK Government over toxic crop pesticides
Article - The Ecologist
http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?content_id=2067
Tags: [Herbicides and Pesticides] [Patents and Litigation]
North American Farmers warn Western Australians about GM crop risks
Media Release - North American Farmers Moe Parr and Ross Murray
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/North American Farmers Press Release.pdf
Tags: [Crop yields] [Crop contamination] [Canola] [Patents and Litigation] [GM Regulation]
Monsanto answers GM fears - Countryman
Article - Countryman 05/03/2009
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/Monsanto answers GM fears.pdf
Tags: [Canola] [Media] [Patents and Litigation] [Crop contamination]
GM expert accused of shaping government policy - Farm Weekly
Article - Farm Weekly 05/03/2009
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/GM expert accused of shaping government.pdf
Tags: [Media] [Patents and Litigation]
Farmers warn of GM dangers - Stock Journal SA
Article - Stock Journal SA 05/03/2009
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/Farmers Warn of GM dangers.pdf
Tags: [Canola] [Patents and Litigation] [Media] [Crop contamination]
Sowing Seeds of Doom - Canberra Times
Article - Canberra Time 04/03/09
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/Sowing Seeds of Doom.pdf
Tags: [Canola] [Patents and Litigation] [Media] [Crop contamination]
Tour of Australia by US and Canadian seed cleaners
Webpage - Network of concerned farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/
Tags: [Canola] [Patents and Litigation] [Canada] [Seed Saving]
Farmers warn of GM concerns
Webpage - Weekly Times Now
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/02/26/57621_grain-and-hay.html
Tags: [GM Concerns] [Canola] [Agribusiness] [Patents and Litigation]
Public forums – GE crops – the benefits and risks
Event Details -
http://www.truefood.org.au/newsandevents/?events=3
Tags: [GM Concerns] [Patents and Litigation]
Tour of Australia by US and Canadian seed cleaners
Event Details - Network of Concerned Farmers, WA Conservation Council and Greenpeace
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/tourseedcleaners.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Forums to Review of Patentable Subject Matter
Event Details - Advisory Council on Intellectual Property
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/reviewofpatentablematter.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Written Submissions on the Review of Patentable Subject Matter
Submission - Australian Advisory council on Intellectual Property
http://www.acip.gov.au/reviewpatentable.html
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Inquiry into Gene Patents - Terms of Reference
Report - Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/gene_patents/tor.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
The battle for our genes
Article - ABC: Unleashed
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2440288.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
A price on your genes
Article - The Australian
http://regnet.anu.edu.au/program/regnetinthenews/newspaper/PDFs/lpalombi_Australian300708.pdfA price on your genesA price on your genes
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Senate Community Affairs Committee - Inquiry into Gene Patents
Report - Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/gene_patents/tor.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Agricultural Giant Battles Small Farmers
Article - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/26/eveningnews/main4048288.shtml
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
We act responsibly: Monsanto
Article - Margaret River Mail
http://margaretriver.yourguide.com.au/news/opinion/letters/general/we-act-responsibly-monsanto/1352760.aspx
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Western Australia]
GM Crops: Risks and Risk Management Needed
Report - Network of concerned farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_details.asp?ID=2922
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Bayer Avoided Class Actions, Faces 1,200 Rice Suits
Article - Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auu3BOBRYwaE&refer=home
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Rice]
Concerns about 'onerous' clauses in GM crop contract
Article - The Canberra Times
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/concerns-about-onerous-clauses-in-gm-crop-contract/1282158.aspx#
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
California Passes Compromise Version of Bill Protecting Farmers from GE Crop Contamination
Article - Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14921.cfm
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation]
California’s GMO Bill Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
Article - Genetic Engineering Policy Alliance
http://www.gepolicyalliance.org/action_alert_support_ab541.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Farmers Federation angry over anti-GM website
Transcript - ABC The World Today
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2332697.htm
Tags: [GM sites register] [Patents and Litigation]
Corporate Control
Article - Primal Seeds
http://www.primalseeds.org/corporation.htm
Tags: [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation] [Market control]
Colonizing the Seed
Article - Gyorgy Scrinis, Arena Magazine, No. 36, Aug-Sept, 1998, pp. 41-44
http://www.gyorgyscrinis.com/GS-Colonising-Seed.pdf
Tags: [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech
Article - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/business/yourmoney/01frame.html?ex=1340942400&en=e8a6202e0162538f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Tags: [Transgenic DNA] [Epigenetics] [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto: still reading blogs
Article - Grist
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/12/111847/690
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Activism]
Review of enforcement of Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR)
Report - Australian Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP)
http://www.acip.gov.au/reviews.html#pbr
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Review of Patentable Subject Matter
Report - Australian Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP)
http://www.acip.gov.au/reviews.html##subject
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Biotech giants demand a high price for saving the planet
Article - The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/biotech-giants-demand-a-high-price-for-saving-the-planet-842480.html
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Drought] [Climate change] [Agribusiness]
Header contractors in bind over GM canola
Linked text: "The Australian Grain Harvesters Association (AGHA) is concerned about the implications of handling genetically-modified (GM) canola crops"
Article - The Land
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/oilseed/header-contractors-in-bind-over-gm-canola/786546.aspx
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Patenting the “Climate Genes”… And Capturing the Climate Agenda
Article - ETC Group
http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=687
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Climate change] [Agribusiness]
Popular Radio Announcer Ousted After Ripping Monsanto's Goon Squads
Article - Organic Consumers Association
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_11999.cfm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Conflicts of Interest]
Letter to editor Weekly Times re 'GM ban on shaky ground'
Letter - Madge
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/weeklytimesletter.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [State boundries]
Agricultural Giant battles Small Farmers
Audio / Video - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/26/eveningnews/main4048288.shtml
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Crop contamination]
Time to make a GM decision where it counts
Article - The Land
http://theland.farmonline.com.au/blogs/a-grain-of-truth/time-to-make-a-gm-decision-where-it-counts/84991.aspx
Tags: [Moratorium] [Patents and Litigation]
GM Ban on Shaky Ground
Article - The Weekly Times
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/weeklytimeseditorial.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [State boundries]
GM Hits Road Block
Article - The Weekly Times April 23 2008
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/gmhitsroadblock.pdf
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation]
Worried farmers refute need for GM cropping
Article - Stock Journal
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/worried-farmers-refute.pdf
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
Article - Vanity Fair
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805?printable=true¤tPage=all
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Seed Saving]
Farmers may face legal action over GM crops
Transcript - ABC - PM
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2207511.htm
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation]
Farmers prepare for legal fight over GM
Linked text: "Network of Concerned Farmers is circulating a letter warning farmers who may be considering growing GM canola they will be sued if unwanted contamination results in costs, damage or economic loss."
Article - Network of Concerned Farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_details.asp?ID=2871
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Monsanto battles dairies state-by-state
Article - GMWatch.org
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=8926
Tags: [Milk] [Food Labelling] [Patents and Litigation]
Schmeiser pleased with victory over Monsanto
Article - CNW Group
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/19/c5736.html
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Percy Schmeiser] [Patents and Litigation]
Grain farmer claims moral victory in seed battle
Linked text: "On 19 th March 2008, in the small claims court, Monsanto was ordered to pay the Schmeisers"
Article - globeandmail.com
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080320.FARMER20/TPStory/National
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Crop contamination] [Percy Schmeiser]
Monsanto interview
Audio / Video - ABC Bush Telegraph
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/bth_20080304.mp3
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation]
Farmers to sue farmers
Media Release - Network of Concerned Farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_details.asp?ID=2865
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
Canadians Warn Australia about GM Canola
Audio / Video - You Tube
http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query=Canadians+Warn+Australia+about+GM+Canola&search_type=
Tags: [Canada] [Patents and Litigation]
Percy Schmeiser and Australia's GM future
Linked text: "Could a pro-GM farmer be sued?"
Audio / Video - Bush Telegraph
http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl?s=rn/bushtelegraph&d=rural/telegraph/audio&r=bth_20022008_2856.ram&w=bth_20022008_28M.asx&t=Wednesday #20&p=1
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Percy Schmeiser]
Farm Update - Genetically modified crops in Ontario
Report - Canadian Biotechnology Action Network
http://www.cban.ca/content/download/234/1334/file/Final%20ON%20Farm%20Update%204%20page%20layout%202008.pdf
Tags: [Canada] [Patents and Litigation] [Crop contamination]
Notes from the Public Forum on the Canadian experience of Genetically Modified (GM) Canola – Carlton 8th Feb 2008
Report - Madge
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/canadianfarmers-notes.pdf
Tags: [Canada] [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Australian farmers call for extension of GE crop bans
Media Release - Greenpeace [supplied]
http://www.madge.org.au/Docs/greenpeacepressreleasecanfarmers.pdf
Tags: [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation] [Canada] [Moratorium]
THE COLONIZATION OF THE CANADIAN FARMER: SASKATCHEWAN ORGANIC FARMERS VS. MONSANTO/BAYER
Audio / Video - Deconstructing Dinner
http://www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/010308.htm
Tags: [Patents and Litigation] [Agribusiness] [Organic Farming] [Canada]
The drive behind GM Crops
Linked text: "Print out and ponder this work in progress by Julie Newman of the Network of Concerned Farmers"
Article - Network of Concerned Farmers
http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_details.asp?ID=2854
Tags: [Seed Saving] [Patents and Litigation]
Governments duped over GM food crops
Article - Eureka Street
http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=3253
Tags: [Agribusiness] [Crop contamination] [Patents and Litigation] [Moratorium] [Market control]
Endangered farmers' rights
Audio / Video - INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO PROTECT THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE
http://www.icppc.freshsite.pl/film/GMO_Krakow-Wyklad_04.mp4
Tags: [Patents and Litigation]
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