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The morality (and patentability) of inventions derived by immoral means (T 2510/18)
Rose Hughes
https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-morality-and-patentability-of.html
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'The invention arose from research by The Institute for Development Research (IRD) into traditional antimalarial remedies used by indigenous communities in French Guiana. A survey of these communities, involving interviews with 117 Indigenous people, identified 45 remedies using 27 different plant species, including bitter ash. The researchers focused on bitter ash to subsequently identify and extract the anti-malaria compound, Simalikalactone E.'