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Home Clippings Seed patent suit heads to U.S. Supreme Court

Seed patent suit heads to U.S. Supreme Court

February 20, 2013   •   Leave a Comment

NPR’s The Salt:

This week, the Supreme Court will take up a classic David-and-Goliath case. On one side, there’s a 75-year-old farmer in Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman; on the other, the agribusiness giant Monsanto.

The farmer is fighting the long reach of Monsanto’s patent on seeds — but he’s up against more than just Monsanto. The biotech and computer software industries are taking Monsanto’s side.

Bowman also is battling a historic shift that’s transformed the nation’s seed business over the past 20 years.

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