Posted Feb. 20, 2013 at 10:03 a.m.
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Washington — Justices signal they view seeds harvested from patented crops as new products with fresh patent protections. A victory for Monsanto would potentially let patent holders restrict use of self-replicating products beyond the first generation, benefiting producers of live vaccines, genetically modified salmon, and bacteria strains used in medical research.
Supreme Court voices support for Monsanto, genetic crop, drug, vaccine developers
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Washington — Justices signal they view seeds harvested from patented crops as new products with fresh patent protections. A victory for Monsanto would potentially let patent holders restrict use of self-replicating products beyond the first generation, benefiting producers of live vaccines, genetically modified salmon, and bacteria strains used in medical research.
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