Something doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.
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qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Nestlé has been patenting human milk proteins for decades. To my understanding, this prevents other companies to add such molecules to baby formula, even if somehow methods to synthesize said molecules were developed.
That is a scary notion, a malevolous intent and a gross outcome.
GenEcon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
jadero@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I read that as:
For decades, Nestle has been patenting milk proteins.
They’ve been doing it for a long time, not somehow getting extra-long patents.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Seems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier.
Where was I unclear?
bort@feddit.de 11 months ago
patents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Patents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.
sukhmel@programming.dev 11 months ago
For decades may as well be anything from 20 years up, afaik patents may live for 50 years so this seems to work fine
bitwolf@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Maybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant
JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 months ago
Prior work exists, source: all of history lol
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Imagine Nestle executives finding a time machine and going to all of history’s most famous persons’ mothers and telling them how they can’t breastfeed their kids.
Someone should definitely write a book about that
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 11 months ago
These shouldn’t hold up. Wouldn’t the prior work of thousands of generations of mothers invalidate such a patent.
Darkard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Excuse me madam but do you have a license to use those tits? No? Didn’t think so. The content of those bazongas is Nestle property. I’m afraid I’m going to have to clamp those nipples until such time as the proper Bandonkadonk subscriptions are paid”
shinratdr@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
i got this new legal drama plot. basically there’s this patent infringer except she’s got huge boobs. i mean some serious honkers. a real set of badonkers. packin some dobonhonkeros. massive dohoonkabhankoloos. big ol’ tonhongerekoogers.
what happens next?!
lawyer shows up with even bigger bonkhonagahoogs. humongous hungolomghononoloughongous
TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I read this story in Barney Stinson’s voice.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Have you considered a career in avian taxonomy?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Who doesn’t like the dickcissel or the tufted tit-mouse?
zaphod@feddit.de 11 months ago
As long as the tits aren’t used for commercial purposes you don’t need a license. Anyway, I doubt that in Europe you could patent any naturally occuring molecules in any kind of milk.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can patent pretty much anything in Europe.
However, enforcing those patents is a completely different affair.