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A federal court in New York has dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, the claims filed by numerous organic farming interests seeking a declaration that they are not infringing Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) seed patents, the patents are invalid and unenforceable and the company would not be entitled to remedies against them
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that farmers who plant the progeny of genetically engineered (GE) soybean seeds protected by U.S. patents have infringed those patents even where the progeny are derived from commodity seed purchased from a grain elevator
Emerging Markets Online recently released an algae study that "highlights why some algae companies will be winners and some will be losers bringing their product from pilot to commercial scale from 2011-2020.”
A coalition of more than 50 trade organizations, seed businesses, farms, and farmers has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in New York, to stop Monsanto Co. from enforcing its genetically engineered (GE) seed patents against farmers whose fields become contaminated with the GE seeds
