The refute between the origin of pasta and noodles, hot dogs and sausages and recently the Californian Zinfandel arises because of what an article points out for the lack of IPR or Intellectual Property Rights. Claims on food recipes are reported to be as critical as patented works of art, technology and even Literature. The burglary of recipes is calling no less attention than spammed content over the net. Facts provide that big food companies and chefs are queuing-up to pay for licensing their innovations.
Licensing a recipe takes more than going for a Copyright of a literary creation or music piece, for the sole reason that culinary space is primarily dominated by the exchange of culinary ideas. Exchange or learning of recipes has set the trend of diners coming across ethnic treats, multi-culinary delights and the urge to go for health foods finding common ingredients in similar formulations of functional foods.
Therefore, patenting a recipe is a matter of choice, which might be serving interests of a couple of chefs with out-of-the-box ingredients for some authentic recipe, otherwise IPR of recipes involves bringing complications in the free flow of ideas in something so instructive as cooking.
Via: Marginal Revolution
