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Old 07-12-2008, 04:22 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: OFA Short Course, Siam Ruby

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Originally Posted by Tropicallvr View Post
So some guy found "siam ruby" growing in PNG, and got a good lawyer, and now is making tons of money off of it? If that's what happened that's crazy, I can't wait till I get my Basjoo X 'Siam Ruby' in the works(just kidding).
I was actually just wondering that myself...what the rules behind patents are. Seemed a little odd that they could do that with a wild collected plant, but I guess its possible...or they lied it about maybe??? who knows.

So far, I've seen one 50/50, but it was in a display, hopefully there will be some for sale tomorrow.
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