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While the neem tree has been used in India for thousands of years for various purposes such as pesticides, and spermicides a US company has been suing Indian companies for producing the emulsion they've patented. They argue over the rights of foreign companies to conduct research and development by using patents against the interest of the people who live at the source of the resource. It is the US who developed the process they are the legal rightful owners of the products produced.

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