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Monsanto Plant Patent Case Winds On

Posted by michael on from the blowing-in-the-wind dept.

srw writes "A follow-up to a slashdot story from two years ago: The Supreme Court of Canada is willing to hear the case of Percy Schmeiser -- a Saskatchewan farmer accused of violating Monsanto's IP by growing their patented canola. This article contains more background."

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  1. Obviously a frame-up by Caractacus+Potts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly, they planted the evidence...

    1. Re:Obviously a frame-up by infoape · · Score: 5, Funny

      perhaps there was a mole

    2. Re:Obviously a frame-up by Bold+Marauder · · Score: 2, Funny

      Your post gives me the seeds of an idea; maybe I should squirrel away a little something in case I'm ever visited by the IP police....

  2. Planting the evidence... by poor_boi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm going to move my DirecTV dish on to my neighbor's roof so he has to pay the bill. No GMO! No GMO! err... what did I just eat?

  3. I owe my life to Monsanto by yanestra · · Score: 3, Funny
    Probably they have patentet me, and I'm their property?

    Random mutation could have made my genes change in a way that Monsanto's later efforts are anticipated. So I am possibly Monsanto's property, some time in the future. Or, I would have to prove that my genes are older, so it would be prior art.

  4. Guinea Pig by MBCook · · Score: 3, Funny
    Lyrics from a Moxy Fruvous song called "Guinea Pig". I'm not against geneticaly enginered food, but it just seemed apropriate.
    dont ya tell me what youre putting in my lunch box dont
    tell me what your feeding me today,
    dont fill my head with trouble while im scarfin' down a cheese soufle

    I wanna be a new, original creation
    a cross between a moose a monkey and a fig
    I'm ready Monsanto let me be your guina pig

    cuz the seed we sew aint good enough
    the earth we plow it aint good enough
    the food we grow well its never been up to scratch,

    the geezer with the beard and all the angels
    made a few mistakes I dont know why
    we dont need him anymore if geneticly modefy

    so dont ya tell me what youre puttin in my lunch box
    I got a crazy pioneering additude
    dont bother me with labels gotta get a belly full of franken-food

    gotta geta belly fulla franken-food

    --
    Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
    1. Re:Guinea Pig by sunaj · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can see the headlines now:

      "Slashdot sued for publishing copyrighted lyrics on its web site"

  5. The problem with a plant patent by zakezuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    You grow a plant in a field... plant grows...

    Plants produce seeds, which get carried off by

    1. Wind
    2. Animals
    3. Vehicels

    then reproduce into other plants.

    The answer is obvious

    Sue the
    Wind for illegal distrubution of IP
    The animals for illegal distrubution of IP
    The vehicel manufactor for creating a safe harbor for the distrubution of IP
    Sue the plants them selves for reproducing without a license.

    --
    There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
  6. Cool, a new business plan unfolds! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slightly OT -

    1. write and patent virus
    2. secretly unleash it on world
    3. sue owners of infected systems
    4. Profit!

  7. What I'm Gonna Do... by MisterMook · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet if I patent my unique and viable sperm then I can finally enter into contract agreements for use with my spouse....

  8. A new way to make money... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    1- Genetically engineer a highly contagious but harmless virus.
    2- Let it spread.
    3- Sue everyone who is infected because they are illegally copying and distributing your (patented) work. And optionally sell a cure at an extremely high price, since it's not a life-threatening situation.

  9. Canola by any other name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even if they choose to call it canola, the farmer is still getting raped.

  10. Next Up by kanelephant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Writer of I love you virus sues for copyright infringement.

    "People just kept distributing copies of my IP" the author claimed earlier today.