Yes, it was cross pollinated, which was my point, but the case was heard in Canada, not the US.
On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 06:07:42PM -0700, Leigh Meyers wrote: > It wasn't even Monsanto's crop... It cross-pollinated, and damaged Percy > Schmeiser's crops and livelihood. > > Monsanto won this case in a U.S. court. I haven't checked recently, but > the farmer was threatening to sue in the Canadian court system, where > the outcome could be different. Also note [short form] that NAFTA and > CAFTA figure into this, as a country can't do anything to affect the > profits of a signatory nation that couldn't be done in the country of > the corporation's origin. > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
