{"id":111394,"date":"2018-05-21T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=111394"},"modified":"2018-05-28T09:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T08:46:10","slug":"monsanto-loses-indian-legal-battle-over-gm-cotton-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/05\/monsanto-loses-indian-legal-battle-over-gm-cotton-patents\/","title":{"rendered":"Monsanto Loses Indian Legal Battle over GM Cotton Patents"},"content":{"rendered":"

11 Apr 2018 <\/em>– A court ruled today that Monsanto (MON.N<\/a>) cannot claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, the Indian company that brought the case said.<\/p>\n

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Citing an Indian law that excludes seeds from being patented, Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd (NSL) argued that the U.S. seeds company was not eligible to claim patents and charge royalties from Indian seed companies.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court agreed with NSL, ruling that India\u2019s Patent Act does not allow Monsanto any patent cover for its GM cotton seeds, said Narne Murali Krishna, a company secretary for NSL.<\/p>\n

A Monsanto India spokesman said the company was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d with the court order.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s order will have wide-ranging, negative implications for biotech-based innovation across many sectors within India, and is inconsistent with other international markets where agricultural innovation has flourished,\u201d the spokesman said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Monsanto\u2019s \u201cfalse claim has got exposed today,\u201d Kalyan Goswami, director general of the National Seed Association of India, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Late last year, NSL said it would not settle a long-standing intellectual property dispute with Monsanto over genetically modified cotton, despite some other Indian companies doing so.<\/p>\n

Monsanto has been involved in a long-running battle in India over royalties paid by local seed companies for its GM cotton.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the Indian farm ministry cut Monsanto\u2019s royalties by more than 70 percent, triggering a long-running feud that drew in the Indian and U.S. governments.<\/p>\n

In March, India cut the royalties paid to Monsanto for its GM cotton for the second time in two years, potentially fuelling another row with the U.S. company that threatened to leave India in 2016.<\/p>\n

More than 90 percent of India\u2019s cotton crop is genetically modified.<\/p>\n

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Reporting by Suchitra Mohanty; editing by Mayank Bhardwaj and Adrian Croft<\/em><\/p>\n

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