Teff patents declared invalid, ‘great news’ for Ethiopia - Kluwer Patent Blog

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that two Dutch patents for processing teff, a kind of grain which has been used for thousands of years to make injera, the fermented pancake that Ethiopians eat with their meals, are null and void. The Ethiopian government has welcomed the verdict. The patents had led to outrage... Continue reading

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