While the patent wars in the technology sector are incredibly annoying and waste huge sums of money, patents in agriculture are actually far more dangerous.
This was a case of contract law and the farmer violated the patent. Instead farmers need to stop using patented seeds altogether and start reintroducing some genetic biodiversity into their crops.
Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto, says farmer violated seed patents
The US Supreme Court just ruled today that it is infringement for a farmer to make new copies of seeds that contain patented genetic modifications by harvesting them from older plants. The ruling…
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