Legal Opinion
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. v. Vilmorin & Cie
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided January 25, 2019No. 18-cv-8059 (JSR)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J.
Contrary to popular superstition, there is no such thing as "natural" wheat, as farmers have been selectively breeding this staple since Neolithic times. But something of a race is now on to see who can develop genetically modified wheat with health benefits and commercial advantages. The instant case, arising from that competition, involves an international patent dispute over just such modified wheat. Specifically, plaintiff Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. ("Arcadia") alleges that it invented a kind of genetically modified wheat that has various health benefits and that, in…
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