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Supreme Court To Decide If Monsanto GMO Patents Are Valid

Posted by timothy on from the he-said-kill-it-before-it-grows dept.

tomhath writes with this exerpt from a Reuters story: "The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an Indiana farmer's appeal that challenges the scope of Monsanto Co.'s patent rights on its Roundup Ready seeds. Mr. Bowman bought and planted 'commodity seeds' from a grain elevator. Those soybean seeds were a mix and included some that contained Monsanto's technology. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case over the objections of the Obama administration, which had urged the justices to leave the lower court rulings in place."

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  1. Re:I still think this guy should countersue . . . by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 1, Troll

    Tell the truth or go to church. Seems everyone in America is going to church too. Not so much in Europe.

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  2. Re:I still think this guy should countersue . . . by Warhawke · · Score: 1, Troll

    Except in this case it's like the record company suing you for burning a CD you downloaded from a grey-market source. Monsanto seed didn't "appear" on Bowman's land; he bought commodity seed and planted it without a contract with every intention of circumventing the Monsanto monopoly. The question, in copyright terms, is whether his use was a "fair use." Sort of.