Monsanto Awarded ONE BILLION Dollars Due To Patent Infringement For A Product That Was Never On The Market

Posted by BernardSwiss on Aug 10, 2012 10:44 AM EDT
TechDirt; By Mike Masnick
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We've had plenty of stories over the years of Monsanto's incredibly aggressive stance when it comes to its "Roundup Ready" patents. The company has now been awarded $1 billion from Dupont for infringing on one of these patents. Now, here's a case where we're talking about competing companies, so perhaps no big deal, right? Except there's one tidbit here that makes this interesting: Dupont never brought the product in question to market. So the "damages" to Monsanto would seem to be minimal... except in a court of law apparently.

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