Supreme Court will hear farmer's appeal in Monsanto's patent lawsuit

摘要

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman challenging Monsanto's patent rights on "second generation" biotech soybean seeds and disregard a recommendation by the Obama administration to pass on the case. Bowman v. Monsanto, 11-796, has been a closely watched case in the biotechnology arena for several years, but it doesn't appear to be done just yet.