Bayer CropScience has filed another US lawsuit against Dow AgroSciences over alleged patent infringement involving herbicide tolerance in genetically modified crops. The latest suit accuses Dow of “unauthorised use” of Bayer patents related to glufosinate tolerance technology. It was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia this month. Bayer is seeking a permanent injunction against Dow’s use of the technology.
Bayer has filed two previous lawsuits against Dow over ...
A US court has ruled that fipronil-based insecticides marketed by Makhteshim Agan North America (MANA) and its affiliate, Control Solutions, do not infringe BASF or Bayer CropScience patents. The US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted a motion for summary judgement this month. BASF and Bayer filed a lawsuit against MANA and Control Solutions in April 2010 over “imminent infringement” of patents relating to the manufacture of fipronil (Agrow No 589, p 2).
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Monsanto has filed a US lawsuit against six subsidiaries of DuPont’s seed business, Pioneer Hi-Bred International. It claims that they have breached the terms of their contracts and failed to pay royalties on their past use of Monsanto’s glyphosate tolerance technology in genetically modified Roundup Ready maize and soybeans. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on December 14th, which was the same day that an arbitration panel ruled on a dispute ...
Bayer CropScience has begun reviewing the claims of US rice growers seeking to participate in a $750 million damages settlement. The company reached an arrangement with growers’ legal representatives in July over claims of contamination with Bayer’s unregistered genetically modified glufosinate-tolerant LibertyLink rice (Agrow No 619, p 3). The 90-day period for submitting claims closed on November 21st. The settlement is contingent on the participation of enough growers to represent at least ...
