How many people know that you can patent colors, numbers, plants and animals – and that 20% of everyone’s genes are patented and owned by private corporations? This documentary, a creative investigation, uncovers who profits from intellectual property, and who bears the economic and social consequences.
The Patent Wars
2014
General Audiences
80 min.
Documentary
Germany
Colorido
Hannah Leonie Prinzler
David Martin, James Dyson, Suman Sahai
Hannah Leonie Prinzler
Rasmus Sievers
Hannah Leonie Prinzler
Katrin Springer, Volker Ullrich
Filmkantine UG
Lars Löhn, Felix Raffel
Global Screen
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