US patent on neem revoked

[Carl Remick]

>US patent on neem revoked
[snip]
neem
>has traditionally been used as a fungicide, Ms Shiva said. The neem patents
>are a clear case of piracy of Indian indigenous knowledge, she said.

This is excellent news.  I see neem as a prime example of using nature's 
remedies to cure nature's ills -- a sharp contrast to the mentality 
reflected by genetic modification and its evil twin intellectual property 
rights.

Carl
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