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[michael perelman]

Here is an example of Liechtenstein from my Steal This Book book.

For example, in September 1997 a Texas-based company named RiceTec Inc., won
patent U.S. Patent No. 5,663,484 on basmati rice lines and grain.  Of course, this
company, a subsidiary of RiceTec AG of Liechtenstein, the chairman of which is
reigning Prince Hans-Adam II of that tiny principality, did not invent basmati
rice.  Farmers in the far-off Greater Punjab region, now divided between India and
Pakistan, have been growing basmati rice for centuries.  This effort to win an
intellectual property right ignored the longstanding contributions of the Punjabi
farmers in developing basmati.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu