Bayer Cropscience AG et al v. Dow Agrosciences LLC et al

  1. May 22, 2017

    Bayer Seeks To Collect $455M Award In Dow Patent Row

    Arguing that Dow Chemical Co. had reached the end of its legal rope in a lengthy patent licensing dispute, units of Bayer AG asked a Virginia federal judge on Friday for permission to collect on a more than $455 million arbitration award without waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Dow's long-shot petition for review.

  2. February 19, 2016

    Dow Can't Trim 8% Interest On $455M Award During Appeal

    A Dow Chemical unit not only has failed to convince a Virginia federal judge to void a $455 million arbitration award it must pay Bayer for violating patents on genetically modified crops, it will have to grapple with a steep interest rate that could boost the cost of an appeal by millions of dollars.

  3. January 15, 2016

    Dow Can't Shake $456M Plant Patent Arbitration Loss

    Dow will have to pay a $456 million arbitration award to Bayer in a dispute over four patents for genetically modifying plants, a Virginia federal judge ruled Friday, saying Dow's motion to vacate the award isn't an appropriate way to relitigate the case.

  4. November 30, 2015

    Dow Can't Dodge $456M Award In Patent Row, Bayer Says

    Dow can't escape a $456 million arbitration award in a dispute over four patents for genetically modifying plants, Bayer told a Virginia federal court Friday, saying that Dow is trying to re-litigate issues that that have already been decided.

  5. October 29, 2015

    Dow Must Pay $456M To Bayer In Plant Patent Row

    Bayer has won a $455.5 million arbitration award against Dow in a patent suit alleging infringement of four patents for genetically modifying plants.

  6. January 26, 2012

    Bayer Sues Dow Over Herbicide-Resistant Plant Patents

    Bayer CropScience AG slapped Dow AgroSciences LLC with a lawsuit in Virginia federal court last week, claiming that Dow infringed four patents covering technology for genetically modifying plants to make them herbicide and antibiotic resistant.