Public Patent Foundation
Undeserved Patents and Unsound
Patent Policy Harm the Public

... by making things more expensive, if not impossible to afford;

... by preventing scientists from advancing technology;

... by unfairly prejudicing small businesses; and

... by restraining civil liberties and individual freedoms.

PUBPAT Represents the Public's Interests Against
Undeserved Patents and Unsound Patent Policy

January 8, 2012: Hear Daniel Ravicher on WICN NPR The Business Beat About The Controversy Over Patents On Genetically Modified Seeds

January 5, 2012: Organic Farmers' Suit Against Monsanto Goes to Hearing

December 13, 2011: "Can a Company Own Your Genes?" -- Mother Jones

December 7, 2011: PUBPAT and ACLU Ask Supreme Court to Rule that Patents on Breast Cancer Genes are Invalid

November 11, 2011: PUBPAT Files Constitutional Challenge to Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

October 26, 2011: Yale Law School Hosts Speech by PUBPAT Executive Director, "Suing Monsanto: Intellectual Property, Genetic Contamination, and Farmers’ Rights"

More News ...
Protecting the Public Domain
Educating & Advocating

© 2003 - 2012 Public Patent Foundation | Contact | RSS