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2009-06-18 | permalink
DuPont fires back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit
DuPont fired back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit Tuesday, telling a federal court it did not err in combining its genetically modified soybeans with Monsanto’s herbicide product. The Wilmington, Del.-based company says an existing licensing agreement gives it wide berth to pair Monsanto’s Roundup Ready, which bolsters a plant’s tolerance against weed-killing chemicals, with its own soybeans and herbicide line, a process known as ”stacking.” ”Monsanto’s lawsuit is another tactic used to restrict the availability of competitive products,” Jim Borel, head of DuPont’s agricultural business, said in a filing with a federal court in St. Louis.
- Forbes, USA: DuPont fires back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit
- Reuters, UK: DuPont counter-sues Monsanto in seed dispute
- DuPunt, USA: DuPont asserts anti-trust, patent claims against Monsanto
- Monsanto, USA: Monsanto asserts DuPont is using smokescreen to obscure problems with its failed Optimum® GAT® product
- Monsanto, USA: Updated: Why we’re suing DuPont
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2009-06-18 | permalink
DuPont fires back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit
DuPont fired back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit Tuesday, telling a federal court it did not err in combining its genetically modified soybeans with Monsanto’s herbicide product. The Wilmington, Del.-based company says an existing licensing agreement gives it wide berth to pair Monsanto’s Roundup Ready, which bolsters a plant’s tolerance against weed-killing chemicals, with its own soybeans and herbicide line, a process known as ”stacking.” ”Monsanto’s lawsuit is another tactic used to restrict the availability of competitive products,” Jim Borel, head of DuPont’s agricultural business, said in a filing with a federal court in St. Louis.
- Forbes, USA: DuPont fires back at Monsanto’s patent lawsuit
- Reuters, UK: DuPont counter-sues Monsanto in seed dispute
- DuPunt, USA: DuPont asserts anti-trust, patent claims against Monsanto
- Monsanto, USA: Monsanto asserts DuPont is using smokescreen to obscure problems with its failed Optimum® GAT® product
- Monsanto, USA: Updated: Why we’re suing DuPont
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