US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case

Re:US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case by jacoblyles on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @12:25AM (#5242808)

Could someone link to a lawsuit in which a farmer's crop was contaminated with Monsanto seed without his knowledge and then sued by Monsanto? I hear this enough that I must insist on a citation.

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Re:US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case by dionidium on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @12:37AM (#5242841)

I doubt they can. This is the most commonly cited case [0] but it's pretty clear from the facts that the farmer was not an innocent, unwitting victim. This claim is made in bad faith so often as to make any discussion about Monsanto almost pointless from the start.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc._v._Schmeis...

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Re:US Supreme Court to Hear Monsanto Seed Patent Case by hso9791 on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @05:52AM (#5243647)

Wow, that Wikipedia article's history is interesting.

What I can see from a cursory look at the court documents is that the court dismissed on grounds of irrelevance his claim that he neither used roundup nor any similar herbicide on the crop in question.

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