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To: muir_redwoods
I don’t know a thing about soybeans. If they self-fertilize then this guy is copying monsanto’s product. If any cross-fertilization from non-monsanto stock has occured than it’s a new product, Round-up resistant though it may be.

Soybeans self-pollinate. It's actually very difficult to get a soybean plant to be pollinated by an different plant.

I'm not sure how that makes a difference. If Monsanto can claim patent infringement, they can do so on a derivative product. The gene is their IP, not the beans.

31 posted on 02/11/2013 11:00:41 AM PST by Mr. Know It All
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To: Mr. Know It All

But cross polinated beans, if such things occur, would contain DNA unique from the patented Monsanto product.


40 posted on 02/11/2013 11:24:18 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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