Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
Nothing in the OP shows that the farmer intentionally bought contaminated seeds either. If the OP can have his seeds tested and be sued for using infringing goods, then farmers should in reverse be able to sue Monsanto for contaminating their supply chain.
I don't disagree about the farmer in this case - haven't I said so nearly every post in this thread? Without a full knowledge of the case, I can't be sure, but this does not seem like a case of willful infringement. I don't think that the farmer can sue Monsanto either, unless he can prove willful contamination of the supply chain by Monsanto. It's likely that there's a bad actor here - whoever sold the seed to the elevator is the infringer here, and they are the person who should pay damages. In other cases, if indeed Monsanto is intentionally introducing GMOs into the supply chain, I would agree that they are open for a lawsuit - to my knowledge, this is not the case.