Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

MON’s US patent on first-generation Roundup Ready soybeans expires in a couple of years, so suits pertaining to this product will soon be immaterial. Roundup Ready 2 Yield—the second-generation version of Roundup Ready soybeans—is a whole other story, however; if MON’s licenses of RR2Y seeds were found to be unenforceable, that would be a big blow to the company.

Note that the issue in the lawsuit does not arise for Roundup Ready corn products because commercially grown corn uses hybrid seeds that can’t efficiently be reused from one season to the next.