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Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola

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

c writes "The Supreme Court of Canada says that you're liable if a plant with a patented gene infects your property. If you recall, Schmeiser claims (and research supports) that Roundup Ready canola seeds infected his own crops. Monsanto prosecuted him for patent infringement." Some other links: Monsanto's press release, Globe and Mail story.

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  1. Re:So, it spreads itself... by hsidhu · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Say good bye to you food supply, we are going to be completely bitched by mega corps, wait till genetically modified foods infect everything out there and all you have is just the genetically engineered strand out there.

    Woo hooo.

  2. these evil fucks need to be put out of business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    anyone have an idea how we can (legally) use our slashdot group power to put a financial hurtin' on these evil evil meddlers?

  3. Re:no, we're not surprised... by sudog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're wrong. The farmer knew he was saving seed and replanting roundup-ready Monsanto Canola. It's NOT a question of simple cross-pollination and innocent intent. Try reading the fucking decision, granola-eater. It's right here At Lexum

    Something I never quite understood was the willingness to shout doomsday without so much as a shred of hard evidence: people like you are the reason why the media can whip the public into a frenzy over stupid things and turn something into a political cause which has no right to be so.

    Why don't you take up arms against the (in my view) illegal practice of refusing to allow organic farmers to label their foods as non-GM and leave stories like this to the facts?