[AT] O.T.- Seed Giants v. U.S.Farmer

[charlie hill]

Herb,  big Agri has been going after farmer for years now for patent 
infringements for hybrid seeds.  It's bad enough when the farmers actually 
do cheat and violate the licensing agreement
they sign when they buy the seed but I've heard stories where one farmer was 
planting something (for example) like Roundup ready soybeans and the farmer 
in the next cut was planting
regular soybeans.  The beans cross pollinated, the seed company trespassed 
on the other farmers land, collected samples of his seed, found the 
glyphosate resistant (or whatever it was) gene and sued him.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Herb Metz
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 2:28 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] O.T.- Seed Giants v. U.S.Farmer

Tuesday, Feb 25, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about IN farmer 
Vernon Hugh Bowman “illegally replicating” by taking seed he had harvested 
and using it for a subsequent crop the next year. The last para in the 
article  “Patents for Life” that I read (by George Kimball &Debbie Barker); 
But taking a few steps back from the microscope and the lawbooks, they may 
find that there is a discussion to be had about a much deeper question: the 
appropriate role of ownership and control over the very elements of life.
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