Abstract
Rhone-Poulenc Agro (RPA) has sued Monsanto and Illinois-based seed producer DeKalb Genetics over to technology for producing herbicide-resistant corn. RPA is the agricultural products subsidiary of the French life sciences firm Rhone-Poulenc. RPA says that patented technology it licensed to DeKalb has been used inappropriately to produce Ready that is genetically engineered to tolerate Monsanto's flagship glyphosate herbicide product, Roundup. DeKalb disagrees, saying that its 1994 licensing agreement with RPA clearly allows it to commercialize Roundup Ready corn and sublicense the technology. That 1994 licensing agreement was itself the end result of a lawsuit—settled out of court—filed by Rhone-Poulenc, DeKalb, and Calgene against Monsanto, explains a Monsanto spokesman. And, he says, DeKalb and Monsanto are well within their rights under that settlement agreement. Monsanto has since purchased Calgene and holds about a 40% interest in DeKalb. RPA agrees that royalty-free w...
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