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May 31, 2013

"Blaming the Bean" Does Not Excuse Patent Infringement

On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bowman v. Monsanto reinforced the economic model underlying the seed industry by rejecting a major challenge to the use of technology agreements to limit a farmer's ability to save or sell patented seed for replanting.

In an article in Food Chemical News, Bill Roberts and Ari Lukoff of Faegre Baker Daniels explained the implications of this decision for both farmers and innovative seed producers.

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