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Post #175,581
by static
9/22/04 12:34:27 AM
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New No.
It was to some extent Organic Farmers worried about losing their certification.

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Post #175,607
by drewk
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9/22/04 8:55:35 AM
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New 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
by static
9/23/04 10:29:24 PM
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New 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.

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Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
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Post #176,065
by drewk
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9/24/04 12:08:44 AM
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New 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
by static
9/24/04 4:28:43 AM
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New 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.

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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

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Post #175,626
by jake123
9/22/04 9:56:05 AM
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New 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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