Case Law Index
Biotechnology
January 1, 2002 - August 1, 2008
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving Biotechnology that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.
FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
Monsanto Co. v. Bayer Bioscience N.V., 514 F.3d 1229 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. David, 516 F.3d 1009 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (farmer's breach of license)
Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 503 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. McFarling, 488 F.3d 973 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (farmer's breach of license)
Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs, 459 F.3d 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (farmer's breach of license)
Showmaker v. Advanta USA, Inc., 411 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (farmer challenges license under the Plant Variety Protection Act)
Monsanto Co. v. Ralph, 382 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. McFarling, 363 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (farmer's breach of license)
Monsanto Co. v. Bayer Bioscience N.V., 363 F.3d 1235 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (patent infringement)
Adang v. Fischhoff, 286 F.3d 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (patents)
FIRST CIRCUIT
AgraMarke, Inc. vs. Aventis Cropscience, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5556 (D. Mass. 2005) (breach of contract and equitable estoppel)
THIRD CIRCUIT
American Seed Co., Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 238 F.R.D. 394 (D. Del. 2006) (monopolization of GM seed markets)
Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 443 F.Supp.2d 648 (D. Del. 2006) (antitrust)
Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 443 F.Supp.2d 636 (D. Del. 2006) (jurisdiction on foreign seed companies)
Dastgheib v. Genentech, Inc., 438 F.Supp.2d 546 (E.D. Pa. 2006) (patent infringement and unjust enrichment)
Monsanto v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 431 F.Supp.2d 482 (D. Del. 2006) (patent infringement)
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 409 F.Supp.2d 536 (D. Del. 2005) (patent infringement)
Syngenta Seeds, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 404 F.Supp.2d 584 (D. Del. 2005) (patent infringement)
Bayer Bioscience N.V. v. Monsanto Co., 2003 WL 1565864 (D. Del. 2003) (motion to transfer)
Monsanto Co. v. Good, 2004 WL 1664013 (D. N.J. 2003) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. Aventis Cropscience SA, 226 F.Supp.2d 531 (D. Del. 2002) (patent infringement)
FOURTH CIRCUIT
Monsanto Co. v. Strickland, 2007 WL 3046700 (D.S.C. 2007) (patent infringement)
Rhone-Poulenc Agro, S.A. v. Monsanto Co., 445 F.Supp.2d 531 (M.D. N.C. 2006) (patent modification)
FIFTH CIRCUIT
Texas Grain Storage, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 2008 WL 2570530 (W.D. Tex. 2008) (antitrust action on Roundup Ready plants)
In re Henderson, 352 B.R. 439 (Bkrtcy. N.D. Tex. 2006) (Discharge of patent infringement liability)
Monsanto Co. v. Roman, 2004 WL 1107671 (N.D. Tex. 2004) (patent infringement)
Farmland Mut. Ins. Co. v. Scruggs, 886 So.2d 714 (Miss. 2004) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. Davis, 97 S.W.3d 642, 642 (Tex. Ct. App. 2002) (class action certification)
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Monsanto Co. v. Potts, 2005 WL 1514130 (S.D. Ohio 2005) (patent infringement)
In re Wood, 2004 WL 1089209 (Bankr. W.D. Tenn. 2004) (patent infringement damages are non-dischargeable)
In re Trantham, 304 B.R. 298 (B.A.P. 6th Cir. 2004) (discharge of liability for patent infringement)
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Monsanto Co. v. Parr, 2008 WL 1808365 (N.D. Ind. 2008) (patent infringement)
Glenn v. Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 861 N.E.2d 1 (Ind. App. 2007) (non-compete clause for GMO scientist)
In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 2005 WL 327020 (N.D. Ill. 2005) (breach of contract)
In re StarLink Corn Products, 2004 WL 547244 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (breach of contract)
In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 212 F.Supp.2d 828 (N.D. Ill. 2002) (GM corn and farmers)
In re StarLink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 211 F.Supp.2d 1060 (N.D. Ill. 2002) (GM corn and farmers)
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, 2008 WL 2651506 (E.D. Mo. 2008) (personal jurisdiction over a foreign company)
Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 2008 WL 294291 (E.D. Mo. 2008) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. Garst Seed Co., 241 S.W.3d 401 (Mo. App. E.D. 2007) (licensing agreements)
Dekalb Genetics Corp. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 2007 WL 4564196 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (patent infringement)
Larsen v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Intern., Inc., 2007 WL 3341698 (S.D. Iowa 2007) (antitrust case on GM seed)
Schoenbaum v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., 2007 WL 3331291 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (action against GMO seed producer)
Schoenbaum v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Co., 517 F.Supp.2d 1125 (E.D. Mo. 2007) partially overruled by Schoenbaum v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., 2007 WL 3331291 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (action against GMO seed producer)
In re Genetically Modified Rice Litigation, 2007 WL 3027580 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (remand to state court and joinder)
Board of Regents of University of Nebraska v. BASF Corp., 2007 WL 3342406 (D. Neb. 2007) (patents)
Monsanto Co. v. Vanderhoof, 2007 WL 1240258 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (patent infringement and breach of contract)
Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., 226 S.W.3d 227 (Mo. App. E.D. 2007) (licensing agreement)
Monsanto Co. v. Trivette, 2007 WL 1385689 (E.D. Mo. 2007) (Monsanto's choice of forum clause)
McIntosh v. Monsanto Co., 462 F.Supp.2d 1025 (E.D. Mo. 2006) (antitrust)
Monsanto Co. v. David, 448 F.Supp.2d 1088 (E.D. Mo. 2006) (patent infringement and breach of contract)
Monsanto Co. v. Hill, 2005 WL 4864419 (E.D. Mo. 2005) (patent infringement)
Blades v. Monsanto Co., 400 F.3d 562 (8th Cir. 2005) (antitrust case against producers of GMO seed)
Campbell v. AG Finder Iowa Nebraska, 683 N.W.2d 126 (Table) (Iowa App. 2004) (breach of contract for GMO soybeans sold as organic)
Pioneer Hi-Bred Intern., Inc. v. Ottawa Plant Food, Inc., 283 F.Supp.2d 1018 (N.D. Iowa 2003) (patent infringement)
Monsanto Co. v. Swann, 308 F.Supp.2d 937 (E.D. Mo. 2003) (farmer is sued for breach of technology agreement)
Sample v. Monsanto Co., 283 F.Supp.2d 1088 (E.D. Mo. 2003) (antitrust and tort claims against GM seed producers)
Monsanto Technology LLC v. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 212 F.Supp.2d 1101 (E.D. Mo. 2002) (patent infringement, trade libel, and product disparagement)
NINTH CIRCUIT
Geertson Farms Inc. v. Johanns, 2007 WL 1839894 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Injunction against planting GM alfalfa)
Geertson Farms Inc. v. Johanns, 2007 WL 1302981 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Injunction against planting GM alfalfa)
Geertson Farms Inc. v. Johanns, 2007 WL 776146 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Injunction against planting GM alfalfa)
Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns, 2007 WL 518624 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (Injunction against planting GM alfalfa)
Geertson Farms, Inc. v. Johanns, 439 F.Supp.2d 1012 (N.D. Cal. 2006) (Injunction against planting GM alfalfa)
Center For Food Safety v. Johanns, 451 F.Supp.2d 1165 (D. Haw. 2006) (GMO crop's effect on the environment)
Center for Food Safety v. Veneman, 364 F.Supp.2d 1202 (D. Haw. 2005) (GMO crop's effect on the environment)
Regents of University of Cal. v. Monsanto Co., 2005 WL 3454107 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (patent on bGH)
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Monsanto Co. v. White, 2006 WL 2959458 (N.D. Ala. 2006) (injunction against the production of GM seed)
Ex parte Monsanto Co., 2002 WL 64734, (Ala. 2002) (forum selection clause)
McNair v. Monsanto Co., 279 F.Supp.2d 1290 (M.D. Ga. 2003) (breach of contract for defective seed)
DC CIRCUIT
International Center for Technology Assessment v. Johanns, 473 F. Supp. 2d 9 (D.D.C. 2007) (glyphosate-resistant creeping bentgrass)
HAWAI'I
'Ohana Pale Ke Ao v. Bd. of Agric., State of Haw., ---- P.3d ----, 2008 WL 2124075 (Haw. Ct. App. 2008) (importing genetically engineered algae without an environmental review)