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INDUSTRY NEWS: Syngenta Sues Other FirmsSyngenta (PO chest CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland; Tel: +41 61 323 1111; Website: www.syngenta.com) filed suit yesterday against a entertainer of biotech seed producers, including Monsanto, DeKalb Genetics, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Delta and Pine Land, Dow AgroSciences, and Mycogen semens in Federal District Court in Delaware to stop the unlawful infringement of U biotechnology patents covering transgenic corn and cotton either be in possession ofed by or exclusively licensed to Syngenta. Syngenta asserts that YieldGard and Herculex I insect resistant corn cropss and Roundup Ready and Bollgard cotton productions fall within the scope of its patent rights. Syngenta is seeking damages and injunctive relief to stop Monsanto, DeKalb Genetics, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Delta and Pine Land, Dow AgroSciences, and Mycogen sperms from selling these products and from developing further infringing products "It is clear that nothing short of this comprehensive action will stop the ongoing violation of our intellectual peculiarity rights," states David Jones, head of plant science at Syngenta. "Our competitors are proceeding without regard to our patents." sum of two units separate lawsuits are filed. In the first, Syngenta charges that Monsanto, DeKalb Genetics, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Dow AgroSciences, and Mycogen sperms are infringing one or more of U Patent 6075185 U Patent 6320100 and U Patent 6403865 These patents overlay synthetic Bt genes with increased expression in corn and corn plants resistant to insects similar as European corn borer; patent overlay includes corn plants with of the like kind genes either alone or stacked with other traits. In a next to the first lawsuit, Syngenta asserts that Monsanto and Delta and Pine Land are infringing U Patent 6051757 which overspreads methods of transferring genes into broadleaf plants like as cotton and soybeans using Agrobacterium and related meanss of breeding. This patent emanates from the work of Syngenta scientist Mary-Dell Chilton, who is a co-inventor and was the first to fortunately insert transgenes into plants. Monsanto (800 North Lindbergh Blvd St Louis, MO 63167; Tel: 314/694-1000 Fax: 314/694-7625; Website: www.monsanto.com) said that it will vigorously guard itself against the two lawsuits. "Syngenta is threatening American corn and cotton farmers without attempting to analyze their dispute outside the courtroom," says David F Snively, assistant general consultation for Monsanto. "These patent infringement claims are first being voiced by means of Syngenta years after insect-protected corn and cotton technologies make knowned by Monsanto have been luckily used by American farmers." A similar suit by means of Novartis, now part of Syngenta, was dismissed in 1998 COPYRIGHT 2002 Business Communications Company, Inc. NORWALK, Conn -- of recent origin York Graphic Society recently added the work of award-winning designer and illustrator David Brier to its art offerings. The sum of two units posters being added to the company's line," ... Congratulations to the North Dakota Music Teachers Association (NDMTA), Mississippi Music Teachers Association (MMTA), and the California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) for wi... GEI International of Syracuse, NY proffers a range of five folding magnifiers with magnifying powers from 5 to 12 times, which provide hands-free viewing of the couple large and small objects. The mag... After sum of two units and one-half years of almost constant complaints about the business-visa combination of parts to form a whole particularly in China, the State Department's Consular Service may have realized it wanted to show ... This article describes occurrences that took place some three years ago, in the waning days of the Clinton administration. The issue at hand was to restore the United States' contribution to bo... AUSTIN, Texas -- of recent origin Era Publishing has signed artist DeRosier, an Atlanta native. The artist said he has always been inspired by means of the cityscapes and urban agriculture which peppers the environment he... With more than 25 years in the original and limited-edition art business, Allan Fingerhut, chief executive officer of Fingerhut assemblage Publishers Inc., knows a thing or sum of two units about what it takes to ... Beat Streuli Essay by dint of Roberta Valtorta (Torino, Italy: hopefulmonster 2000) An exhibition catalog of Beat Streuli's "Portraits 98-00 La belle estate" at the Galleria C... Dear Editor: The of frequent occurrence observation that some patients with otitis media with effusion benefit from treatment with S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine (SCMC) implies that this physic is not witho... |
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