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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Prior work exists, source: all of history lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Something doesn't add up here since you can't patent anything for decades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

These shouldn't hold up. Wouldn't the prior work of thousands of generations of mothers invalidate such a patent.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"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"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You can patent pretty much anything in Europe.

However, enforcing those patents is a completely different affair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I read this story in Barney Stinson's voice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have you considered a career in avian taxonomy?