Farmer’s Supreme Court Challenge Puts Monsanto Patents at Risk

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27. What I rationalize

(and remember, your term contains the word 'rational') is that the Supreme Court will not want to throw out centuries of a tradition of patent protection for any person or firm that develops something new. Even research universities avail themselves of patent law to produce funds to further their educational missions.

Are there any amicus briefs in the case from public (or private) universities opposing Monsanto's position in this case? I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that they're either supportive or silent.

Again, I know the party line here is that all corporations are bad, but I don't buy that, regardless of how I feel about how Monsanto's gone about marketing and protecting this technology. I think we can deal with their excesses in doing so, without destroying the motive for developing future advancements through genetic research.