• qyron
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    41 year ago

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

    Where was I unclear?

    • @bort@feddit.de
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      41 year ago

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

      • qyron
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        91 year ago

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

        • @Quereller@lemmy.one
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          81 year 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?

      • lad
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        61 year 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

    • bitwolf
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      21 year ago

      Maybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant