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		DuPont sues Monsanto over a genetic corn seed patent. Something tells me no matter who wins, the rest of us lose (desmoinesregister.com)		27
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27 Comments (+0 »)

shroom

2011-10-20 10:48:38 AM

OK seriously, can both sides please lose? Monsanto makes the RIAA & MPAA look like saints when it comes to abusive litigation. All these corporations can DIAF.

Dead for Tax Reasons

2011-10-20 11:05:52 AM

shroom: OK seriously, can both sides please lose? Monsanto makes the RIAA & MPAA look like saints when it comes to abusive litigation. All these corporations can DIAF.

I think dupont may have some products that could help the diaf part

ArkAngel

2011-10-20 11:25:57 AM

Address all complaints to the Monsanto Corporation

muck4doo

2011-10-20 11:29:55 AM

fark Monsanto.

max_pooper

2011-10-20 11:40:36 AM

I hope that Monsanto wins but spends so much money defending this lawsuit that they go bankrupt and the judge in bankruptcy case gives all their patents to the public domain.

threadjackistan

2011-10-20 12:12:02 PM

max_pooper: I hope that Monsanto wins but spends so much money defending this lawsuit that they go bankrupt and the judge in bankruptcy case gives all their patents to ~~the public domain~~ some of his wealthy friends.

Fixed for realism.

meat0918

2011-10-20 12:14:49 PM

Fark Monsanto.

But I loves me some biocassava and golden rice.

bootymama

2011-10-20 12:36:11 PM

Well technically the lawsuit is filed over a process used to defoliate plants, and all seeds are genetic. Don't let that slow you down, though.

Cake Hunter

2011-10-20 12:39:33 PM

DUpont or duPONT?

i say DUpont.

HotWingConspiracy

2011-10-20 12:45:58 PM

Please don't let this be a manual.

whither_apophis

2011-10-20 12:46:11 PM

The last time Dupont wrestled with someone it got ugly quick

error 303

2011-10-20 12:47:49 PM

This reads more and more like a history book from the future

error 303

2011-10-20 12:48:33 PM

HotWingConspiracy: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 200x246]

Please don't let this be a manual.

Grrrrr. You win again HotWingConspiracy.

meat0918

2011-10-20 01:05:26 PM

HotWingConspiracy: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 200x246]

Please don't let this be a manual.

That's part of the problem.

Companies have spent a lot of money, time, and energy into breeding plants that customers find aesthetically pleasing but have lower nutritional profiles, don't taste as good, but ship and store great.

Genetic engineering provides a way for them to get desired traits without all the trial and error they used to use, such as treating plants with mutagenic chemicals or subjecting them to ionizing radiation, all in an attempt to play genetic roulette and get a trait they want.

And of course, it's been perverted a bit, as any new tech is.

I look at the Enviropig, the one that can actually break down the plant phosphorus in its food and we end up with less phosphorus entering into the environment from their shiat. They can't keep the pig theirs forever.

carrion_luggage

2011-10-20 01:06:06 PM

Expect a maize of lawsuits over this.

watson.t.hamster

2011-10-20 01:34:06 PM

Perhaps we shouldn't have been in such a rush to cut science funding so that more of this kind of research can be done in the public sphere.

Just a thought.

Ackbar_GastricFluid

2011-10-20 02:14:21 PM

Sounds like the perfect Sky Crime.

gshepnyc

2011-10-20 02:45:06 PM

If there was one corporation I'd love to see get its comeuppance, it's Monsanto.

apeiron242

2011-10-20 03:08:00 PM

Patenting life is batshiat insane.

muck4doo

2011-10-20 03:31:28 PM

apeiron242: Patenting life is batshiat insane.

Indeed.

Dictatorial_Flair

2011-10-20 03:33:35 PM

apeiron242: Patenting life is batshiat insane.

Monsanto holds the patent and copyright on batshiat, you now owe them a royalty payment for mentioning it or they'll sue your ass into oblivion.

Dictatorial_Flair

2011-10-20 03:36:22 PM

HotWingConspiracy: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 200x246]

Please don't let this be a manual.

Damn, that looks like a bad ass book. I'm totally getting that now.

whither_apophis

2011-10-20 04:22:13 PM

Dictatorial_Flair: apeiron242: Patenting life is batshiat insane.

Monsanto holds the patent and copyright on batshiat, you now owe them a royalty payment for mentioning it or they'll sue your ass into oblivion.

No one is to sue anyone until I blow this whistle, even if they do say batshiat

DAR

2011-10-20 09:17:12 PM

HotWingConspiracy: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 200x246]

Please don't let this be a manual.

This.....that was a really good book.......DAR

foo monkey

2011-10-21 07:42:40 AM

Dictatorial_Flair: HotWingConspiracy: [1.bp.blogspot.com image 200x246]

Please don't let this be a manual.

Damn, that looks like a bad ass book. I'm totally getting that now.

It's a great book. Dual nebula & Hugo winner for 2010.

USCLaw2010

2011-10-21 09:35:27 AM

muck4doo: fark Monsanto.

Did you say fark monsanto or fark the FDA. I can't tell the difference sometimes.

colithian

2011-10-21 07:43:21 PM

I've been hearing a shiatload of Monsanto propaganda on the radio. Same with ATT. DuPont may not be much better, but fark Monsanto.

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