[BigDee]

Hello everyone,

I received an email for a petition concerning Nestlé Foods today, it is about their trying to patent fennel flower, nigella sativa.

Google search > Nestlé fennel flower < About 5,620 results
> Nestlé fennel flower nigella sativa < About 206 results
> Nestlé fennel flower nigella sativa black cumin < About 24 results
> nigella sativa - black cumin, aka black seed, aka fennel flower... < About 402 results

Fisrt search:

Nestlé is Trying to Patent the Fennel Flower | Global Research
http://www.globalresearch.ca/nestle-is-trying-to-patent-the-fennel-flower/5332329

Nestlé: Stop trying to patent natural cures | SumOfUs
http://action.sumofus.org/a/nestle-nigella-sativa/

Nestlé is Trying to Patent the Fennel Flower
http://legalpronews.findlaw.com/article/0czl9x45SDgSs?q=patent+OR+copyright+OR+trademark+OR+tradename+OR+%22trade+dress%22+OR+%22lanham+act%22+OR+%22silicon+valley%22+OR+((startup+OR+start-up+OR+%22start+up%22)+AND+(tech+OR+technology))+OR+(cyberlaw+OR+%22cyber+space%22+OR+cyberspace+OR+%22cyber+law%22)+OR+%22intellectual+property%22+OR+biotechnology+OR+nanotechnology+OR+smartphone+OR+%22wireless+communications%22

Stop Nestle from controlling the fennel flower! - Care2 News Network
http://www.care2.com/news/member/516095512/3567121

Nestlé: Stop trying to patent the fennel flower. - Hawkes' Health ...
http://www.hawkeshealth.net/community/showthread.php?t=12625

Nestlé are applying for a patent for fennel flower | Epetitions ...
http://www.gransnet.com/forums/epetitions/1198027-Nestl-are-applying-for-a-patent-for-fennel-flower

Nestlé is Trying to Patent the Fennel Flower - I4U News
http://www.i4u.com/2013/04/middle-east/patent-flower-nestl-fennel-trying

Nestle wants to patent curative powers of Nigella sativa, used in ...
http://www.correntewire.com/nestle_wants_to_patent_curative_powers_of_nigella_sativa_used_in_medicine_for_1000s_of_years

Nestlé | Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Nestle?group_id=0&filter=2

Nestlé | Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/Nestle?fref=ts&filter=2


From another search:

Food giant Nestlé claims to have invented stomach soothing use of ...
http://www.cbd.int/abs/side-events/icnp2/twn-icnp2-no5-Nestle-Nigella.pdf


BigDave

[why.not]

I just saw this circulating on facebook as well and can't freaking believe it!

Is nothing sacred in this world?! Corporations and governing bodies need to stop trying to buy, sell, control, mutate, and destroy nature... Nestlee is also tight with Monsanto which could lead to GMO nigella sativa in the future and consequently more expensive organic varieties

Furthermore, this is a little off topic and I discovered this a little late but Monsanto-Nestle have actually patented human breast milk:

http://www.politicolnews.com/monsanto-nestle-patent-human-breast-milk/

Absolute insanity!

[Doll]

...What...the eff...

Well, after just reading that first article, I will no longer be buying Nestle products. What a psycho corporation.

EDIT:
Oh no! MY BREAKFAST ESSENTIALS. Well...maybe that'll be the only thing I buy from them from now on...

[SarahSchilling]

Not really a surprise when corporations write the laws. They'll get away with it, too.

This phenomenon is why Lenin wrote that any democratic government inevitably ends up as a socialist one. (Not that either is without flaws)

People will eventually get fed up, but it likely won't be in our lifetimes.

[why.not]

This is Nestle's response:

http://www.nestle.com/aboutus/ask-nestle/answers/is-nestle-trying-to-patent-fennel-flower-nigella-sativa

Which is bunk because they do not respect the importance of biodiversity in nature as seen with their support of Monsanto by using GMO ingredients...

Also...

http://naturalsociety.com/nestle-ceo-water-not-human-right-should-be-privatized/

Okay I'm getting worked up moving along...