date:May 14, 2013
grain elevator to plant a second crop that he hoped might also offer Roundup Ready protection.
That is because he knew that the less-expensive seeds had about a significant chance of also being immune to the Roundup herbicide. Mr. Bowmans maneuver to save money and circumvent patent-related restrictions was illegal, in the opinion of Monsanto. Lower courts that ruled on the case agreed.
Mr. Bowmans case, though, hinged on a concept known as patentings exhaustion doctrine, which asserts that i