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Nature 429, 330 (27 May 2004) | doi:10.1038/429330b
Monsanto wins seven-year court battle for seed patent
David Spurgeon
In a major boost for agricultural biotechnology, Canada's supreme court has ruled that a patent on a genetically modified seed extends to the cells and genes in the resulting plant.The 21 May ruling is the last word in a seven-year battle between biotech firm Monsanto, based in St Louis, Missouri, and Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser.
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javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
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java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
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