Monsanto Co. v. Bowman

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20297
No(s). 2010-1068 (Fed. Cir. Sep 21, 2011)

The Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that a farmer committed patent infringement when he planted second-generation "commodity seeds" that contained genetically altered seeds covered by a patent. The seed manufacturer restricts the use of its patented seeds to a single crop season....