We are pleased to share an article on the prevailing Bt cotton patent dispute between Monsanto and Nuziveedu jointly authored by Mr. Bhagirath Choudhary, the founder director of the South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC), New Delhi and Dr. Usharani that is published in the renowned IP blog SpicyIP. Please check our previous article for a background on the dispute. This article is in response to a post by National Seed Association of India (NSAI) on the Delhi High Court Judgement regarding this dispute. It is to be noted that NSAI’s president is Mr. Prabhakar Rao of Nuziveedu Seeds.

Monsanto, a US based Agriculture Company, well known for its genetically modified crops, lost its rights to Indian patent no: 214436 for a genetically modified cotton technology following a Delhi High Court Division bench order issued on 11th April 2018.