

Monsanto and Myriad are hopeful that the nation's highest court


I. Myriad and Patenting the Human Genome



BRCA Genes




Oral arguments in the case will begin April 15.

II. Monsanto and Second Generation GMO Seed









III. Monsanto Case Takes Different Angle: Patent Exhaustion


Vernon H. Bowman


A date for the arguments has not been set.



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RE: Riduculous
By FaaR on 2/19/2013 7:09:10 PM , Rating: 3

It's not their crop when bees - whom have existed for millions of years - cross-pollinate regular crops with monsanto-patented pollen.

If this was to be taken to the extreme that shitpile companies like Monsanto want, they would eventually be able to tax every farmer for every harvest, in perpetuity, simply because GMO crops pollute existing, as well as wild strains of crops.

Imagine having to pay every god damn GMO corporation who ever released seeds with patented genes on the market. What a nightmare - for us. It's the ultimate wet dream of Monsanto executives.

RE: Riduculous
By DiscoWade on 2/19/2013 7:24:53 PM , Rating: 2
The funny thing is I know two farming families who think Monsanto is the best thing to farmers since the plow. I'm not saying Monsanto is an upright respectable company, but it is my opinion, talking to the farmers I know, that Monsanto isn't as bad as their reputation states. As the saying goes, there are three sides to every story: What he says, what she says, and what really happened.

Personally I hope the Supreme Court invalidates patents on genetics. There needs to be another way to compensate and thus encourage companies to do genetic research. I think patenting the building blocks of life is fundamentally wrong. Where will it end?

RE: Riduculous
By lilBuckwheat on 2/20/2013 7:13:33 AM , Rating: 2
Are your friends from India?

The third side to this story drank insecticide in his own barren field.

RE: Riduculous
By Strunf on 2/20/2013 7:43:31 AM , Rating: 2
Monsanto is not so bad if you're in bed with them, they make plants that are more resistant to plagues and hence the farmer using them doesn't need to spray as many chemicals on their crops as everyone else, this is a good thing, it only turns bad when you realize your plants don't live in a contained space and that you are also contaminating the plants nearby (actually it could be kms away), and it turns even worst when Monsanto actively goes after your neighbor cause he was unlucky enough to be a neighbor of someone using OGM crops.

The least Monsanto could do is to offer the neighbors at a FRAND price new seeds (OGM free) each year in a way that they will not use the OGM contaminated seeds from last year.

There are three sides of the story but not the ones you point, there are the farmers that happily use Monsanto seeds, the ones who chose to not use them and the others who don't care about it, the last two are the ones that will eventually get Monsanto knocking on their doors claiming they are using seeds with their patented genes.

RE: Riduculous
By GotThumbs on 2/20/2013 8:21:19 AM , Rating: 2
Yes, but I've got a patent pending for Bee's, so any farmer, land owner whose crop/flowers are pollinated by a Bee will owe me 5 cents each instance.

I should have about 10,000 cases filed in US courts by summers end.

(Sarcasm of course)

