Mlimi wa soya ku Indiana, a Hugh Bowman, akutenga nkhondo yake yolimbana ndi chimphona chaulimi Monsanto ku Khothi Lalikulu Lachiwiri komwe mbali zonse ziti perekani mfundo zawo (.pdf) ku bwalo lamilandu. Sutiyi imakayikira ufulu wofunikira wa patent ndipo, koposa zonse, imatsutsa ngati aliyense angathe "kuwongolera zomwe zili m'moyo" mwalamulo.
Makasitomala a Monsanto kwa zaka zambiri, Bowman wazaka 75 adagula ndikubzala mbewu za soya zosinthidwa chibadwa (gm) 'Roundup Ready' chaka chilichonse. Adawoloka bungwe mu 2007 pomwe adamuimba Bowman mlandu wophwanya malamulo awo ambewu atabzala soya wosakanizika wosadziwika bwino womwe adagula kuchokera pamalo okwera mbewu omwe akuti anali ndi jini ya Monsanto.
Atalamulidwa kulipira $84,000, Bowman akuchita apilo mlanduwu ndi kubweretsa nkhani yake kubwalo lalikulu komwe akakayipereka kwa akuluakulu oweruza milandu, kuphatikiza loya wakale wa Monsanto Justice Clarence Thomas.
"Bowman vs. Monsanto Co. idzagamulidwa malinga ndi kutanthauzira kwa khoti la ukonde wovuta wa malamulo ovomerezeka a mbewu ndi zomera," alemba Debbie Barker, Mtsogoleri wa Pulogalamu ya Save Our Seeds (SOS), ndi George Kimbrell, loya wogwira ntchito ku Center for Food Safety (CFS) op-ed lofalitsidwa Lachiwiri, "koma mlanduwu ukuwonetsanso china chake chofunikira kwambiri: Kodi pali aliyense, kapena bungwe lililonse, liyenera kuwongolera zomwe zimachitika pamoyo?"
Akupitiriza:
Lingaliro la [Monsanto] likuvutitsa anthu ambiri omwe amanena kuti ndi chikhalidwe cha mbewu ndi zamoyo zonse, kaya zili ndi patenti kapena ayi, kubwereza. Zonena za Monsanto kuti ili ndi ufulu pazodzipangira zokha zachilengedwe ziyenera kudzutsa nkhawa. Mbewu, mosiyana ndi tchipisi ta makompyuta, mwachitsanzo, ndizofunikira pamoyo. Ngati anthu akanidwa chip kompyuta, iwo sakhala ndi njala. Ngati anthu amakanidwa mbewu, zotsatira zake zimakhala zowopsa kwambiri.
Mlanduwu wakopa chidwi cha dziko lonse pamene ukukhudza mkangano wofunikira pakati pa umwini wamakampani motsutsana ndi ufulu wofunikira ndi kukhazikika..
mu kuthandizira mwachidule yolembedwa ndi Sustainable Food Advocacy Group, the Center for Food Safety (CFS), iwo amati malamulo a chuma chanzeru alimbikitsa kubiridwa ndi kusungitsa mbewu zapadziko lonse lapansi ndi makampani khumi okha omwe amalamulira pafupifupi magawo awiri mwa atatu a mbewu zonse zamalonda za mbewu zazikulu, kukweza mitengo bwino ndikuchepetsa mowopsa mitundu ya mbewu zomwe zabzalidwa.
Woyimira pro-bono wa Bowman, Mark Walters, wochokera kukampani ya Frommer Lawrence ndi Haug, akuti ali wokonzeka kutsutsana ndi mfundo ya "kutopa kwa patent" yoti mbewu zachiwiri ndi za wogula movomerezeka, osati za mwini wake woyamba.
Monga Walters anafotokoza ku NPR, mukagula chinthu chomwe chili ndi patent, ndiye kuti muli nacho. "Mumaloledwa kuziyika pa Craigslist ndikuzigulitsa, mumaloledwa kuzigwiritsa ntchito pa 'zochita zanu wamba za moyo' ndi mawu ochokera kumilandu yakale yomwe timadalira. Tangoganizirani momwe malonda angagwirire ntchito. ngati eni ma patent angangotulukira mwadzidzidzi nโkudabwa ogula nโkuwauza kuti, โO, muyenera kundilipirako ndalama, chifukwa ndili ndi patent pa chinthu chimene mwagula kumene.โ โ
Zotsatira za mkanganowu ndizofala, monga zikuwonetseredwa ndi mafakitale ena ambiri omwe abwera ku chitetezo cha Monsanto kuphatikizapo mafakitale a biotech ndi makompyuta.
Malinga ku ku Indiana Star, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ikugwirizananso ndi omwe ali ndi ma patent amakampani, akuti akupempha Khoti Lalikulu kuti lisamve apilo ya Bowman ponena kuti "chigamulo cha khoti chikhoza kukhala ndi zotsatira za ma cell opangidwa ndi anthu, mamolekyu a DNA, nanotechnologies ndi matekinoloje ena. zomwe zimaphatikizana ndi zinthu zodzipangira zokha."
Asanamve Lachiwiri, CFS ndi SOS adapereka lipoti, "Seed Giants vs. US Farmers," (.pdf) yomwe imayang'ana momwe "ulamuliro wamakono wa patent wa mbeu wapangitsa kuti pakhale kusintha kwakukulu kwa kuphatikiza ndi kulamulira kwa mbeu zapadziko lonse komanso momwe ma patent awa athandizira mabungwe, monga Monsanto, kuti aziimba mlandu alimi aku US chifukwa chophwanya malamulo a patent."
Zina mwa malipoti zomwe zapezeka ndi izi:
- Pofika mu Januwale 2013, Monsanto, ponena za kuphwanya patent ya mbeu, adapereka milandu ya 144 yokhudzana ndi alimi a 410 ndi mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono a 56 m'mayiko osachepera 27.
- Masiku ano, mabungwe atatu amayang'anira 53 peresenti ya msika wambewu padziko lonse lapansi.
- Kuphatikizika kwa mbeu kwadzetsa kutsogola kwa msika zomwe zapangitsa kuti mtengo wambewu ukwere kwambiri. Kuyambira 1995-2011, mtengo wapakati wobzala ekala imodzi ya soya wakwera ndi 325 peresenti; pamitengo ya thonje yakwera ndi 516 peresenti ndipo mitengo yambewu ya chimanga yakwera ndi 259 peresenti.
"Mabungwe sanapange mbewu," atero wolemba wamkulu Debbie Barker, ndikuwonjezera kuti zonena zawo za ma patent ambewu zimawopseza gwero "lofunika kuti lipulumuke, ndikuti, m'mbiri, lakhala likupezeka pagulu."
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