{"id":81,"date":"2013-02-26T16:21:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T21:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/?p=81"},"modified":"2013-02-26T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T21:21:40","slug":"where-is-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2013\/02\/26\/where-is-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the line:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know it was briefly discussed last class (someone brought it up) but there is a case with major patent implications, currently in the oven. Monsanto v. Bowman. The media is trying to make this a &#8220;David v. Goliath&#8221; case but the truth is, this case all comes down to a patent holders scope of control. If the SC sides with Bowman it could severely hinder innovation in areas with high barriers to entry and intense R&amp;D. As mentioned in the articles included below, it cost hundreds of millions and over a decade of work to create something like a genetically engineered soybean. If control over such a patented product ceases to exist at some secondary level like a grain elevator, then will the line for some software be drawn in some cyber marketplace? It will be interesting to follow and I believe (even in the face of skeptical questioning at the hearing) the Supreme Court will side with Monsanto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10001424127887324162304578302021998753556-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10001424127887324162304578302021998753556-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10001424127887323495104578314083787339090-lMyQjAxMTAzMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html?mod=wsj_valettop_email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know it was briefly discussed last class (someone brought it up) but there is a case with major patent implications, currently in the oven. Monsanto v. Bowman. The media is trying to make this a &#8220;David v. Goliath&#8221; case &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/2013\/02\/26\/where-is-the-line\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/entrepreneurlaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}