Patented Seeds

rhh writes: "Seeds and plants grown from seeds are now patentable. Yesterday the US Supreme Court ruled that seeds and seed grown plants can be covered by patents. This is a major victory for companies such as DuPont, Monsanto and others that develop new crop varieties. In J.E.M. AG supply, Inc., DBA Farm Advantage, Inc., et al. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. farmers had sued saying that patents drove the price of seed up. A PDF of the Court's opinion can be found here."

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So?

[zpengo]

If a company pours a ton of money into create a new type of plant, why shouldn't they be able to patent it? This article seems to be spinning this news as if it were absurd, but it actually makes as much sense as somebody patenting a new invention or copywriting something they wrote.