75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.S. Supreme Court

Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by eurleif on Sunday February 10, 2013 @02:45AM (#5195754)

IANAL either, but perhaps the seeds being descendants of authorized seeds, rather than authorized seeds, is the problem? It would be sort of like duplicating your authorized iPad with a 3D printer.

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Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by veemjeem on Sunday February 10, 2013 @06:27AM (#5196126)

Even if you had an amazing 3D printer that could produce iPads, that doesn't mean you can sell it. You bought Microsoft Office, can you just duplicate it and sell it to your coworkers? I'm sure your software "duplicator" can produce exact copies. IANAL either, but I'm pretty sure your argument wouldn't stand up in court if you tried to sell your exact copies of your authorized copy of Microsoft Office.

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Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by dchest on Sunday February 10, 2013 @07:30AM (#5196219)

You're confusing copyright law with patent law.

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Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by largesse on Sunday February 10, 2013 @03:52AM (#5195852)

I'm wondering whether a good defense would be that with natural gene mutation, these seeds aren't the ones under patent.

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