在美国最高法院正在审理的鲍曼与孟山都专利侵权纠纷上诉案中,印第安纳州种植农户鲍曼在长达8年的时间内买来孟山都的专利作物种子(具有抗草甘膦被虫剂性状的转基因作物种子)繁殖下一代种子,孟山都指控鲍曼此举未经许可生产和销售其专利产品,侵犯了其两项专利权。原审法院——联邦巡回上诉法院判定鲍曼侵权成立。应美国最高法院的邀请,美国政府以法庭之友形式针对法院的判决予以支持。美国政府的观点是,尽管许可销售专利产 In an appeal filed by the Supreme Court of the United States over patent infringement disputes between Bowman and Monsanto, Bowman, a Indian farmer who bought Monsanto’s patent crop seeds for eight years, has glyphosate resistance to glyphosate Monsanto accused Bowman of breaching its two patents by breeding and sowing its patented product without the permission to breed the next generation of seeds. Court of First Instance - Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to determine Bowman infringement. At the invitation of the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. government supports the court’s decision in the form of a court of law. The U.S. government’s point of view is that, despite licensing the sale of a patented product