date:May 14, 2013
In a unanimous decision handed down May 13, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Monsanto in regards to the case of Bowman v. Monsanto Co. The ruling upholds a Federal Circuit court ruling that said the issue of patent exhaustion does not apply to the case.
The case of Bowman v. Monsanto Co., involves an Indiana farmer, Vernon Hugh Bowman, who initially planted bioengineered soybean seeds according to the parameters established by Monsanto, the manufacturer. But he then bought cheaper seeds from a