ON Feb. 18, NPR reported (link here) on a David-and-Goliath legal case that could upset Monsanto and other biotech companies. Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman bought old, co-mingled, poor quality soybeans (some of which undoubtedly had Monsanto's Round-Up ready technology), and culled them for seed on a risky second-planting on fields were wheat was just harvested.
Monsanto took Bowman to court, and Bowman was ordered to pay Monsanto $84,000 for infringing the company's patent.
Bowman appealed. To the surprise of many, the highest court in the land agreed to hear his case. "I'm not a-gonna give in! Because I think I've done nothing wrong!" says Bowman.
Stay tuned to here what the U.S. supreme court has to say. Any prognostications?
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