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Name: Roundup Ready

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack

Samuel Conti, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Sidney R. Thomas, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.Other Decisions9th Cir.Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfafa not "plant pest" subject to regulation under Plant Protection Act (Schroeder, ... [Published The Recorder - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Center For Food Safety, Mary M. Schroeder, Samuel Conti, N. Randy Smith

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 3 reports

Monsanto Company

Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purchaser Has No Right to Make Copies

The Supreme Court in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. ruled unanimously that a farmer’s replanting of harvested seeds constituted making new infringing articles. While the case is important for agricultural industries, the Supreme Court cautioned that its decision ... [Published JD Supra - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Patent, Monsanto Company, Supreme Court

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Appeals court rejects effort to regulate Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa

Z 2013-05-17T14:52:15Z By JOEL ROSENBLATT Bloomberg News stltoday.com51 minutes ago • By JOEL ROSENBLATT Bloomberg NewsSAN FRANCISCO • Alfalfa genetically modified to withstand Monsanto Co.'s Roundup weed killer was correctly deemed by agriculture officials ... [Published STLtoday.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alfalfa, Genetically Modified, Roundup Ready

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Will Monsanto face a higher power?

Z stltoday.com1 hour agoUnanimous ruling finds Indiana farmer violated company's patent by planting offspring of genetically engineered soybeans. Read moreMonsanto's win over Farmer Bowman ("Supreme Court rules against farmer in soybean case," May 14) ... [Published STLtoday.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Soybean, Claimant, Roundup Ready

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Supreme Court Finds for Monsanto in Seed Harvesting Case

In Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the Supreme Court held that the doctrine of patent exhaustion does not give a farmer who has bought patented seeds the right to “reproduce” them through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission. This decision ... [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]

Entities: Patent, Monsanto Company, Roundup Ready, Soybean

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 7 reports

Don’t Blame the Bean: The Monsanto Patent Decision

ContactSelf-replicating technologies present intellectual property law with some unique challenges.In the case of Bowman v. Monsanto Company (May 13, 2013), the US Supreme Court has weighed into this thorny field, and on Monday it delivered a unanimous ... [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Patent, Soybean, Roundup Ready

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

The Hain Celestial Group Inc

Green Investing? Monsanto Company (MON), Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFM), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN)

If you want to be green, you’ll find there are plenty of GMO-free foods to choose from for your refrigerator, but when it comes to avoiding Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON ) ‘s drive to monopolize the world’s seed market with its genetically modified Roundup ... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, The Hain Celestial Group Inc, New York Stock Exchange, Whole Foods Market Inc

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 17 reports

Bowman v. Monsanto: Don’t Blame the Bean!

A typical seed patent license provides that a farmer can grow only one crop from the patented seeds purchased. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that farmers cannot replant harvested seeds with the patented trait to produce a second crop without ... [Published Fennemore Craig Law Firm - May 15 2013]

Entities: Patent, Monsanto Company, Soybean

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 51 reports

Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto in Seed-Replication Dispute

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that farmers could not use Monsanto's patented genetically altered soybeans to create new seeds without paying the company a fee. The ruling has implications for many aspects of modern agriculture and for ... [Published Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin - May 14 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Patent, Supreme Court

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

US Supreme Court finds for Monsanto patent

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Monsanto over an Indiana farmer accused of having pirated the genetically-modified crops developed by the agribusiness giant.The high court was unanimous in its decision, ruling that laws limiting patents do ... [Published MSN New Zealand - May 13 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Patent, US Supreme Court, Soybean, Roundup Ready

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Monsanto Wins Case Of Seed Patents; Planting Your Own Legally Purchased & Grown Seeds Can Be Infringing

We've written a few times now about Vernan Bowman's legal fight against Monsanto, concerning patents over so-called "Roundup Ready" seeds, which Monsanto has patented. Here's the quick version of the details from an earlier post:The farmer, Vernan Bowman, ... [Published Techdirt - May 13 2013]

Entities: Monsanto Company, Roundup Ready, Patent, Patent Infringement, Commodities

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Supreme Court Backs Patents on ‘Self-Replicating’ Technology

The Supreme Court on Monday for the first time backed patents for a self-replicating technology — Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready” soybeans — along with its licensing agreement that allows farmers to use them only once. Regardless of how unnatural the conditions ... [Published Wired: Threat Level - May 13 2013]

Entities: Supreme Court, Roundup Ready, Monsanto Company

Quotes

...FWW sums it up: "a concerted strategy to promote agricultural biotechnology overseas, compel countries to import biotech crops and foods that they do not want, and lobby foreign governmentsespecially in the developing worldto adopt policies to pave the way to cultivate biotech crops." The report brims with examples of the US government promoting the biotech industry abroad. Here are a few:

Taxpayer Dollars Are Helping Monsanto Sell Seeds... [Published Mother Jones - 11 hours ago]

...and the Agriculture Department correctly concluded that Roundup-Ready Alfalfa wasn't a "plant pest," the appeals court said in its written opinion. "Once the agency concluded that Roundup-Ready Alfalfa was not a plant pest, it no longer had jurisdiction to continue regulating the plant."

Appeals court rejects effort to regulate Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa [Published STLtoday.com - May 17 2013]

...It will do little to prevent yield loss if weather conditions, especially in August, result in crop stress," Nafziger said. "And in a season like 2012, with very dry conditions through July and then adequate rain in August and September, planting early can actually decrease yield in some cases. This happens because extended stress through flowering can cause the soybean plant to lose its ability to respond favorably to improved conditions by setting and filling more pods."

Focus on Agriculture: Flagging technology helps herbicide application [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 16 2013]

"Managing hard-to-control and resistant weeds is one of the biggest problems farmers are facing, and Enlist is a solution they need to continue moving farming forward" Stan Howell, vice president, North America, Dow AgroSciences, said in a statement

Canada approves Dow's new Enlist Duo herbicide [Published Reuters - May 16 2013]

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Research Reveals Previously Unknown Health Risk... [Published Health Impact News - 3 hours ago]
Taxpayer Dollars Are Helping Monsanto Sell Seed... [Published Mother Jones - 11 hours ago]
Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack [Published The Recorder - 19 hours ago]
Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purch... [Published JD Supra - 22 hours ago]
Appeals court rejects effort to regulate Monsan... [Published STLtoday.com - May 17 2013]
Court clears the way for genetically modified a... [Published Truth About Trade - May 17 2013]
Monsanto Alfalfa Can’t Be Limited as Plant Pest... [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]
Unanimous SCOTUS Sides with Monsanto on Seeds [Published Practising Law Institute - May 17 2013]
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto in Seed ... [Published JD Supra - May 17 2013]
Will Monsanto face a higher power? [Published STLtoday.com - May 17 2013]
Focus on Agriculture: Flagging technology helps... [Published Quincy Herald-Whig - May 16 2013]
Supreme Court Finds for Monsanto in Seed Harves... [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
Don’t Blame the Bean: The Monsanto Patent Decision [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
U.S. Supreme Court Qualifies Patent Exhaustion [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
Risk of Forcing an Environmental Impact Study o... [Published Prairie Farmer - May 16 2013]
Supreme Court Nips Patent Exhaustion Doctrine i... [Published Troutman Sanders - May 16 2013]
United States Supreme Court Victory for St. Lou... [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
Canada approves Dow's new Enlist Duo herbicide [Published Reuters - May 16 2013]
Supreme Court Upholds Patent Rights for Genetic... [Published Equities.com - May 16 2013]
Growers should plan ahead for energy beet produ... [Published Farm And Ranch Guide - May 16 2013]
Supreme Court Holds That Exhaustion Doctrine Do... [Published WilmerHale - May 16 2013]
Bowman v. Monsanto: Self-Replicating Biotech an... [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
What Do Genetically Modified Seeds Have to Do w... [Published Multichannel Online - May 15 2013]
Genetically Modified Crops [Published Tods Murray - May 15 2013]
Green Investing? Monsanto Company (MON), Whole ... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - May 15 2013]
Why It's So Hard to Invest Green [Published Motley Fool Discussion Boards - May 15 2013]
If Patented Technology Can Copy Itself, When Do... [Published JD Supra - May 15 2013]
Monsanto Focuses on Systems Optimization to Dri... [Published The Farmer - May 15 2013]
Bowman v. Monsanto: Don’t Blame the Bean! [Published Fennemore Craig Law Firm - May 15 2013]
Supreme Court says you can violate a patent by ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Supreme Court says you can violate a patent by ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013] Vernon Bowman, a 75-year-old Indiana farmer, speaks with reporters outside the Supreme Court on Feb. 19. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that he violated Monsanto Co.’s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) ...
Monsanto Seed Patent Rights Not Exhausted After... [Published Patent Baristas - May 15 2013] (a) Under the patent exhaustion doctrine, “the initial authorized sale of a patented article terminates all patent rights to that item,” (Quanta Computer 553 U. S. 625), and confers on the purchaser, or any subsequent owner, “the right to use [or] sell” ...
Monsanto Seed Patent Rights Not Exhausted After... [Published Patent Baristas - May 14 2013] In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court laid out that patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission. And….Boom Goes the Dynamite! (Bowman v. Monsanto Co. ...
Opinion recap: Justices firmly validate patent ... [Published SCOTUSblog - May 14 2013] Yesterday’s opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. provided an anticlimactic conclusion to one of the highest-stakes cases of the Term. The general question at issue is whether Monsanto can control what users do with the Roundup-resistant (“Roundup Ready”) ...
Bowman v. Monsanto Supreme Court Decision for G... [Published Biotech Blog - May 14 2013] Copyright © thinkBiotech This is a guest post from Susan K Finston, President of Finston Consulting . Do you have a response to Susan’s post? Respond in the comments section below. In an unanimous decision in Bowman v. Monsanto , argued February ...

Press Releases

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DuPont and Monsanto Reach Technology Licensing ... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 26 2013]
Monsanto Will Appeal Brazilian Superior Court o... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Feb 22 2013]
Monsanto and Grower Associations Announce Agree... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - Jan 23 2013]
Monsanto Canada Introduces New TruFlex(TM) Roun... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 09 2013]
S&W Seed Announces Completion of Lab Work and C... [Published PR Newswire - Oct 22 2012]