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Monday, February 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Bio-piracy? No such thing

Traditional knowledge doesn't deserve I.P. protection, but cutting-edge research does. Huh?
Andrew Leonard

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  • Tuesday, February 21, 2006 05:03 PM

    Bio-Piracy in the News Today

    The New York Times ran an article today (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/international/africa/21lake.html) about salt lakes in Kenya and the products developed based on the microbes in them. The Kenyan government has been trying to get foreign companies to pay some sort of compensation for this.

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