From phm@a2e.de  Mon Nov 20 00:13:16 2000
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 01:13:16 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] EPO patent on humanoid

greenpeace.de found an EPO patent, granted in 1999, on a semi-human being.
A german report is to be found under

> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/fr-19.11.00-000/

Although this itself doesn't legalise any dubious biotechnical practices,
it again highlights the problems created by patent universalism.

-phm





