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To: bentway who wrote (191935)	6/18/2012 9:25:27 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543664

Presumably the seeds produced by the non-GMO plants would incorporate the GMO genetic material. In general, farmers don't use the grain they produce as seeds for their next crop, so it's not a big deal. But this is a fairly obvious path for GMO properties to break out of their US intellectual property prison - all you need is a few seeds and a few generations of conventional plant breeding.

To: bentway who wrote (191935)	6/18/2012 9:42:11 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543664

You get sued by Monsanto. In 1997, Percy Schmeiser, a canola breeder and grower in Bruno, Saskatchewan, discovered that a section of one of his fields contained canola that was resistant to herbicide Roundup. A farmhand later harvested and saved the seed from this area, which was used to replant in 1998. That harvest was sold for feed. During 1998, over 95% of Schmeiser's canola crop of approximately 1,000 acres (4 km²) was identified as the Roundup Ready variety. Monsanto then sued Schmeiser for patent infringement, by keeping Roundup Ready canola seeds and failing to obtain a license for the canola plants. Schmeiser maintained that this was accidental. Patents being in federal jurisdiction, the case went to federal court... ...Judgment The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto. Schmeiser won a partial victory, where the court held that he did not have to pay Monsanto his profits from his 1998 crop, since the presence of the gene in his crops had not afforded him any advantage and he had made no profits on the crop that were attributable to the invention. The amount of profits at stake was relatively small, C$19,832, however by not having to pay damages, Schmeiser was also saved from having to pay Monsanto's legal bills, which amounted to several hundred thousand dollars and exceeded his own. en.wikipedia.org