http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/MONSANTO News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56305237-68/bowman-monsanto-kagan-patent.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56305237-68/bowman-monsanto-kagan-patent.html.csp">Supreme court rules for Monsanto in seed-patenting case</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56305237#2013-05-13T17:42:09.161-06:00/MAI/sltrib56305237#2013-05-13T17:42:09.161-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Robert Barnes </span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Washington Post</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-13T17:42:09.161-06:00">Updated May 13, 2013 05:42PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Washington » Farmers must pay Monsanto each time they plant the company’s genetically modified soybeans, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an Indiana farmer’s argument that his unorthodox techniques did not violate the company’s patent. Farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman asserted that because the company’s herbicide-resistent Roundup Ready soybeans replicate themselves, he was not violating the company’s patent by planting progeny seeds he bought elsewhere. But the justices unanimously rejected t...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56305237@www.sltrib.com Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:09 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56303763-79/monsanto-court-bowman-seeds.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56303763-79/monsanto-court-bowman-seeds.html.csp">Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in seed patent case</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/AP/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56303763#2013-05-13T13:01:02.794-06:00/MAI/sltrib56303763#2013-05-13T13:01:02.794-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By JESSE J. HOLLAND</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Associated Press</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-13T13:01:02.794-06:00">Updated May 13, 2013 01:01PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">WASHINGTON • The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.’s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the farmer’s argument that cheap soybeans he bought from a grain elevator are not covered by the Monsanto patents, even though most of them also were genetically modified to resist the company’s Roundup herbicide. While Monsanto won this case, the court ...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="#license-563037632013-05-13T13:01:02.794-06:00" id="#license-2013-05-13T13:01:02.794-06:00"> Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56303763@www.sltrib.com Mon, 13 May 2013 13:01:02 MDT