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Amended plant protection act ‘must take care of farmers’
Academics have called for the scope of the Plant Varieties Protection Act to be expanded to also protect farmers.Addressing a public seminar at BioThai Foundation, they said that unless the Act was drafted properly to protect farmers’ rights, the country’s agricultural sector would be taken ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
REPORT: Organic products face new challenges as market moves online
Every one’s going organic, but few really care about the essence of “being organic”The Growing demand for “clean and green” food is having an immediate effect in both the real and virtual worlds, but there is still doubt as to whether people are grasping the ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
Public urged to keep close eye on IPD moves now patent claims rejected
The junta officially suspended the seven problematic cannabis medicine patent applications as of Friday. In its Facebook page, BioThai Foundation revealed that judging from the latest status of medical cannabis patent applications in the Intellectual Property Department’s (IPD) system, it appeared that the seven controversial ones ...
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Monopoly of medical cannabis not in public interest: Experts
Authorities overseeing a flood of patents for medical cannabis must consider the public interest, otherwise a commercial monopoly of the medicines and cultivation would result, experts warn.Advocacy group Thai Drug Watch said yesterday (Jan, 7) that the Intellectual Property Department is jeopardising public access to ...
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Biothai wades into patents row
An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Intellectual Property to better regulate the patenting of cannabis extracts in traditional Thai medicines. Biodiversity Sustainable Agriculture Food Sovereignty Action Thailand’s (Biothai) move followed a call by a group of activists last week, who urged the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
