Arsouille: souteneur de tripot, voyou. S’emploie aussi comme adjectif: il a un genre un peu arsouille. le Robert spécifie que c’est vieilli et familier, mais je trouve quand même que c’est charmant et chantant comme mot.
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SARS Patented ??
Patent on virus; is it a good or a bad thing ?
What if the patent is used in order to provided access to the virus genetic information ?
From this article in MyTelus « A firm in Hong Kong is seeking the patent to the entire SARS virus »
Legally speaking I still beleive that no one can have the exclusive right to a strand of DNA that exist in nature. Discovering the undelying structure of a virus or of a human, should not grant a exclusivity in research.
In Canada, the patent system is not as loose as in the United States. Our courts decided that a patent could not be granted on a superior life form. I’m not certain if the jugment would extend to virus, and since the court was split (5-4)in the Harvard Mouse case, this could easely go one way or the other, since I suppose there is less sympathy for a virus than a mouse. I suppose this is why this patent application was sent to the USPTO, since they seem to be allowing patent far easely than in Canada.
I see it’s also on /.
Hey, it’s more serious than Fleecy’s last post !