• @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