Monsanto wins $1b verdict on RoundUp Ready Seed Patent
Found on http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2012/08/monsanto-wins-1b-verdict on Wednesday, 08 August 2012
In his August 6 order, Judge Webber confirmed the jury verdict that DuPont/Pioneer willfully infringe Monsanto's GMO roundup-ready seed patent.
The asserted patent was Monsanto's reissue No. RE 39,247 and the accused product was DuPont's Optimum GAT soybean line that has never been released to the public.
Unlicensed use of the Monsanto genetically modified soybean seed counts as infringement, even if that use was only for the development of a commercial product.
Monsanto is one of the worst companies on the entire planet. Apart from that, genetic modifications should never be patentable.