Will the downwind landowner be sued for patent infringement?

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Post #175,580

9/22/04 12:20:37 AM

Will the downwind landowner be sued for patent infringement?

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Post #175,581

9/22/04 12:34:27 AM

No.

It was to some extent Organic Farmers worried about losing their certification.

Wade.

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Post #175,607

9/22/04 8:55:35 AM

Haven't you been paying attention?

Farmers have already been sued for trying to sell grain with patented genetic markers. Claiming that their crop must have been cross-polinated by a neighboring farmer's crop, one that is from patented seed, isn't apparently a defense.

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Post #176,041

9/23/04 10:29:24 PM

Er... it wasn't mentioned, AFAIR.

I really don't remember this detail from the program I heard. Perhaps it was mentioned - I really don't recall. It would make sense that organic farmers would be afraid of these sorts of suits. It would be an ideal thing to hang out when saying "your GM seeds will pollenate over a much wider area than you think"

Sorry for my obtuseness.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Post #176,065

9/24/04 12:08:44 AM

Sorry, didn't mean it was in the program you saw

Just that hell, this is America we're talking about. Someone's been sued for everything.

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Post #176,093

9/24/04 4:28:43 AM

That's true.

And the program in question was referring to Aussie farmers. Whilst we have our share of silly lawsuits, our judges and magistrates tend to throw out frivolous claims.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Post #175,626

9/22/04 9:56:05 AM

Wrong, they will.

They did it up here. They won, too... though the courts left open the possibility of countersuits for damages to the defendent, who previous to this had the organic qualification on his crops.

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Biotech grass breeds with conventional relatives miles away - (lincoln) - (8) - Sept. 21, 2004, 07:55:34 PM EDT

Biotech industry doesn't want to believe it can happen. - (static) - (7) - Sept. 21, 2004, 11:53:36 PM EDT

Will the downwind landowner be sued for patent infringement? -NT - (altmann) - (6) - Sept. 22, 2004, 12:20:37 AM EDT

No. - (static) - (5) - Sept. 22, 2004, 12:34:27 AM EDT

Haven't you been paying attention? - (drewk) - (3) - Sept. 22, 2004, 08:55:35 AM EDT

Er... it wasn't mentioned, AFAIR. - (static) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2004, 10:29:24 PM EDT

Sorry, didn't mean it was in the program you saw - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 24, 2004, 12:08:44 AM EDT

That's true. - (static) - Sept. 24, 2004, 04:28:43 AM EDT

Wrong, they will. - (jake123) - Sept. 22, 2004, 09:56:05 AM EDT

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