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Re:5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion by hexagonal on Friday June 08, 2012 @05:32AM (#4083455)
Glyphosate's ("Roundup") patent expired in 2000.

This isn't really like the software industry, where there's lock-in effects. Unless you screw up, glyphosate still kills plants.

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Re:5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion by brazzy on Friday June 08, 2012 @09:40AM (#4084088)
Thus the "And lobbies for governments to ban Roundup because of a recently study saying it's a threat to the environment after all." part.
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