Discussion Post:

PROMPT: Using the course Required Readings, the case of , Inc. (2013), WHICH IS ATTACHED BELOW, and your own research:

  • Identify the requirements for a patent.
  • Then further discuss: Should a company be allowed to patent a life form?   Does it matter if the life form is a non-sentient organism like a plant?  Is there a place where the law can ethically draw a line between life as property and life as beyond the right of any person or business to own or appropriate?