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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.