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3 Supremo Amicus 282 (2018)
Impact of Bio-Colonization: A Disownment of Traditional Heritage

handle is hein.journals/supami3 and id is 294 raw text is: SUPREMO AMICUS VOLUME 3 1 JAN I 2018 ISSN: 2456-9704 IMPACT OF BIO-COLONIZATION: A DISOWNMENT OF TRADITIONAL HERITAGE ByJ.R.Archana From The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Taramani, Chennai - An affirmative action threatening to throw the innate beings into disarray and failed to showcase the truth of the warring duos (Nature v. Technology) ABSTRACT: Property is classified into two - jura in re aliena and jura in re propria. Under jura in re propria comes tangible and intangible property. Intangible property includes intellectual property namely patents, copyright, trademarks etc. This paper is based on the concept of impact of patent on genetically modified plants and seed and its impact on Indian traditional knowledge. To that point, Genetic Engineering (GE) which is not a traditional breeding is a curse in disguise. Here, the subject matter revolves around the concept of Bio-colonization, one of the notorious impacts of genetic engineering. It refers to the engineering, patenting and dispersal of new plants and seeds transnationally through the use of biotechnology. Biological pollution from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) poses more imperilment for living beings that reproduce uncontrollably. The important causatum to be noted is: firstly, the impact of genetic modification of foods and the quantum of patent protection being acknowledged to GMO companies. Secondly, whether the patent rights have been utilized rightly against farmers without affecting traditional knowledge and the effect of patent on reproduction of crops which in turn divest the society. Thirdly, how genetic techniques affect the environment, conspicuously the land and the changes in farm practice that accompanied the adoption of Genetically Engineered crops. Fourthly, the evidence as to its impact at the individual farm level, landscape level and biological diversity and whether it is a mutagen to human lives. Finally, the myth related to foods produced using biotechnology and how India fits in the picture of Genetically Modified crops. KEY WORDS: Bio-colonization, Biotechnology, Copyright, Genetically modified organisms, Genetic Engineering, Mutagen, Patent, and Trademark. INTRODUCTION As no other technology in history, biotechnology aggrandizes humanity's reach over the forces of nature. Over the past fifty years, Indian agriculture has transformed from a sustenance system to a surplus system. Bioengineers maneuver life forms in the same way as the engineers of the industrial revolution were able to separate, collect, utilize and exploit inanimate materials. As previous generations manipulated plastics and metals into the machines and products of the industrial age, we are now manipulating and indeed converting living materials into the new commodities of the global age of biotechnology. Genetic engineering of food is the science which involves deliberate alteration of the genetic material of plants or www.supremoamicus.org 282

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