Donate here to the Farmer Travel Fund! On 12/30/11 OSGATA launched a “Farmer Travel Fund” in an effort to send family farmers to represent their interests at a court hearing in New York on January 31, 2012. This fund was established after the announcement that Judge Naomi Buckwald would hear
Read more →Judge Naomi Buchwald announced yesterday that oral arguments on Monsanto’s motion to dismiss OSGATA et al v. Monsanto will be heard in federal district court January 31, 2012 in Manhattan. Judge Buchwald’s decision will establish if organic farmers are to see their day in court. The 83 family farmers, small
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In response to a motion filed by Monsanto in mid-July to have the case, OSGATA et al. v.Monsanto, dismissed, the plaintiffs filed a brief in federal court on August 11, 2022 defending their right to seek legal protection from the threat of being sued for patent infringement. In support of the plantiffs’ right
Read more →Source: Nature, NewsBlog June 03, 2011 An ambitious lawsuit against the agricultural firm Monsanto got a little bigger this week, and a lawyer for the plaintiffs hopes that this is only the beginning. The case was initially filed in March by the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat), a non-profit legal services organization
Read more →New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, seed businesses, and organic agricultural organizations challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seed. After the initial March filing of the lawsuit Monsanto issued a
Read more →A Band of 60 Davids Challenges Monsanto, the Goliath, in Federal Court Article Courtesy of knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com May 27th, 2011 According to a Federal lawsuit recently filed by the Public Patent Foundation [www.pubpat.org] in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter, Inc. [www.nofamass.org]
Read more →From President Jim Gerritsen, “Today is Independence Day for America. Today we are seeking protection from the Court and putting Monsanto on notice. Monsanto’s threats and abuse of family farmers stops here. Monsanto’s genetic contamination of organic seed and organic crops ends now. Americans have the right to choice in
Read more →OSGATA joins 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations represented by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in filing a lawsuit against Monsanto on March 29, 2011. This preemptive seeks ruling that would prohibit Monsanto from suing organic, as well as other non-transgenic, farmers and seed growers if their
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