Bowman v. Monsanto Co.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:133_S._Ct._1761
gptkb:185_L._Ed._2d_931
gptkb:569_U.S._278
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date May 13, 2013
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:docketNumber 11-796
gptkbp:heldBy Patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder’s permission.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
gptkbp:legalImpact Clarified limits of patent exhaustion in self-replicating technologies
gptkbp:opinionBy gptkb:Elena_Kagan
unanimous opinion
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Vernon_Hugh_Bowman
gptkbp:predecessor patent exhaustion cases
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Monsanto_Company
gptkb:Vernon_Hugh_Bowman
gptkbp:response gptkb:Monsanto_Company
gptkbp:subject gptkb:US_patent
patent exhaustion doctrine
seed patents
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Monsanto
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5