Judge: Pioneer committed fraud in trial
A federal judge said Johnston-based DuPont Pioneer engaged in fraud in its defense against a patent infringement lawsuit by rival Monsanto Co., The Des Moines Register reported. A federal court jury in St. Louis in August awarded Monsanto $1 billion in damages from Pioneer. The jury cited Pioneer’s unauthorized combination of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready genetic seed technology with its own seed traits. Pioneer’s parent, DuPont, plans to appeal the verdict and maintains it has told the truth, but the judge’s ruling, recently unsealed, paints a harsh picture of DuPont.
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