Monsanto Company et al v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company et al

  1. July 11, 2013

    DuPont Urges Fed. Circ. To Reverse $1M Sanction In IP Row

    DuPont Co. pressed the Federal Circuit on Monday to vacate $1 million in sanctions imposed on it for allegedly lying during patent litigation with Monsanto Co., arguing that the purported fraud committed was merely argument supported by a "reasonable interpretation" of the evidence.

  2. March 26, 2013

    Monsanto, DuPont Reach $1.8B Deal To End Antitrust, IP Row

    Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co. have agreed to drop patent infringement and antitrust claims against one another, reaching a deal in which DuPont will pay at least $1.75 billion in royalties for access to Monsanto's patented herbicide-resistant seed technology, the parties said Tuesday.

  3. November 27, 2012

    DuPont Fraud Sanctions Unsealed In $1B Monsanto Patent Row

    DuPont Co. faced "severe" sanctions including a bill for its adversary's attorneys' fees after misleading the Missouri federal court presiding over a Monsanto Co. patent infringement and breach of contract suit concerning herbicide-resistant seed technology, which resulted in a $1 billion jury verdict against DuPont, a judge said recently.

  4. August 01, 2012

    Monsanto Wins $1B Verdict In DuPont Seed Patent Row

    A Missouri federal jury on Wednesday delivered a $1 billion verdict to Monsanto Co., finding that DuPont Co. and its hybrid agricultural seed producing unit DuPont Pioneer had willfully infringed Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready technology for herbicide-resistant seeds.

  5. July 31, 2012

    DuPont Loses Latest Bid To End Monsanto Seed Patent Row

    DuPont Co. on Monday lost its latest bid to kill Monsanto Co.'s allegations that DuPont infringed a seed patent, after a Missouri federal judge said Monsanto had in fact included an enzyme at the center of the litigation in its patent application.

  6. July 23, 2012

    No Quick Win For DuPont In Monsanto Seed Patent Dispute

    A Missouri federal judge on Friday denied a motion from DuPont Co. asking the court to find that the company had not willfully infringed a Monsanto Co. patent on genes for herbicide-resistant seeds.

  7. August 23, 2011

    Monsanto Must Cough Up Info On Seed Patent Application

    A Missouri federal judge reaffirmed Tuesday that Monsanto Co. must produce documents related to the reissue of a seed gene patent in its suit alleging DuPont Co. unlawfully incorporated the gene into its own herbicide-resistant seeds.

  8. October 09, 2009

    DOJ Weeds Through Monsanto Seed Practices

    Monsanto Co. has received inquiries about competition in the seed industry from the U.S. Department of Justice that stem from antitrust allegations raised by rival DuPont Co. as part of its defense against Monsanto’s patent infringement suit over technology for herbicide-resistant genetically modified soybeans and corn.

  9. September 21, 2009

    Antitrust Claims Shucked From Monsanto Patent Suit

    A federal judge will allow Monsanto Co. to sever nemesis DuPont Co.'s antitrust counterclaims from the agricultural giant's original patent and breach of contract suit alleging infringement of the technology behind its herbicide-resistant genetically modified soybeans and corn.

  10. August 19, 2009

    Monsanto Accuses DuPont Of Smear Campaign

    The head of Monsanto Co. has fired off a scathing letter to the chairman of rival DuPont Co., accusing the company of launching a coordinated, covert attack over the past few years that seeks to paint the agricultural giant as an unlawful monopolist.

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