• GenEcon@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

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

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      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.

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      11 months ago

      Seems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier.

      Where was I unclear?

      • bort@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        patents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”

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          11 months ago

          Patents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.

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            11 months ago

            Usually, patents have a lifetime for 20 years. Maybe you get an extension for 5 years. From were do you have the info that patents can be renewed?

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          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