Vernon Bowman's case against Monsanto to start tomorrow

[Recursion]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/vernon-bowman-indiana-farmer-monsanto_n_2691607.html

A 75-year-old Indiana grain farmer will take on global seed giant Monsanto Co at the U.S. Supreme Court next week in a patent battle that could have ramifications for the biotechnology industry and possibly the future of food production.

The highest court in the United States will hear arguments on Tuesday in the dispute, which started when soybean farmer Vernon Bowman bought and planted a mix of unmarked grain typically used for animal feed. The plants that grew turned out to contain the popular herbicide-resistant genetic trait known as Roundup Ready that Monsanto guards closely with patents.

The St. Louis, Mo.-based biotech giant accused Bowman of infringing its patents by growing plants that contained its genetics. But Bowman, who grows wheat and corn along with soybeans on about 300 acres inherited from his father, argued that he used second-generation grain and not the original seeds covered by Monsanto's patents.

A central issue for the court is the extent that a patent holder, or the developer of a genetically modified seed, can control its use through multiple generations of seed.

Should be interesting

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Eyes upon Clarence Thomas, who was once a Monsanto attorney. n/t

[dtom67]

2. I always wondered ...

Why the pro - lifers don't get on their high horse about this. Only God should hold the patents for life forms. Does Monsanto believe they are smarter than God?
In fact, this is the position I would take in court. Make a judge rule against the supremacy of God; make the owning of life forms the perview of God and God alone.
Monsanto is not God.
Quite the opposite,imho....