WR Grace & Co and the Neemix Patent (A)

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Case

Reference no. UVA-E-0157

Subject category: Ethics and Social Responsibility

Authors: Patricia H Werhane (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Lisa Spiro (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Kristi Severance (Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative)

Published by: Darden Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1997

Version: 12.1998

Length: 11 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Environmental issues; Ethical issues; Ethics, Medical

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Abstract

Neemix is a natural biopesticide developed by W. R. Grace from the neem tree, which is indigenous to rural India. Because of its medicinal and religious use by rural Indians for more than a thousand years, the Foundation on Economic Trends is protesting Grace’s patenting of Neemix. The A case raises questions concerning international intellectual-property rights and how American companies like Grace should deal with these issues. See also the B case (UVA-E-0158).

Location:

US and India

Industry:

Bio-pesticides

Other setting(s):

1999