Monsanto Gets Support From High Court Justices on Seed Patents
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Monsanto Co. got support from U.S. Supreme Court justices in its clash with a farmer who used harvested soybeans for a new planting of the crop, in a case that may aid makers of vaccines, software and genetically modified products.
Hearing arguments yesterday in Washington, a majority of the nine justices suggested that Monsanto has broad rights to control the use of seeds that contain its patented technology. The genetically modified seeds are used to grow more than 90 percent of the nation’s soybeans.