The Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday in favor of Monsanto in Bowman v. Monsanto, a case involving Monsanto’s recombinant, Roundup Ready® seeds. The opinion rejected the arguments from petitioner, Indiana farmer...more
5/17/2013 - Bowman v Monsanto First Sale Doctrine Genetically Engineered Seed Monsanto Patent Exhaustion SCOTUS Seeds
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., with Mark P. Walters representing Farmer Bowman, Seth Waxman representing Monsanto, and Melissa Arbus Sherry representing the Department of Justice. ...more
2/20/2013 - Bowman v Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seed Infringement Patent Exhaustion Patents SCOTUS
On the brink of oral argument before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, it may be helpful to reiterate (as do the parties) the arguments from Petitioner Farmer Bowman and Respondent Monsanto, Inc. in Bowman v. Monsanto....more
2/19/2013 - Bowman v Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seed Infringement License Agreements Patent Exhaustion
In a paper filed earlier this week by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., the U.S. government has asked the Supreme Court for leave to present ten minutes of argument in Bowman v. Monsanto. The request is not unusual or...more
2/6/2013 - Bowman v Monsanto Farms Genetically Engineered Seed Oral Argument SCOTUS Solicitor General
The "conventional wisdom" surrounding the Bowman v. Monsanto case now before the Supreme Court on certiorari is that it is "David v. Goliath," the salt-of-the-earth farmer versus the corporate monolith, and an example of the...more
2/1/2013 - Biotechnology Bowman v Monsanto Farms Genetically Engineered Seed Infringement Patent Exhaustion Patents SCOTUS Seeds
Over the past decade, the Supreme Court's increased interest in patent law cases was paralleled by briefs from the Solicitor General advising the Court to grant certiorari. The apparent influence of the government has waned...more
1/29/2013 - Genetically Engineered Seed Infringement Monsanto Patents SCOTUS Seed Set
The tendency for members of the House of Representatives to exhibit ignorance of the patent system, so amply demonstrated in the "debate" over H.R. 6621 at the end of the last Congress (see "Congressional Misunderstandings...more
1/15/2013 - Department of Agriculture Genetically Engineered Seed Patents
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