Group close to India's ruling party seeks change in patent act after pro-Monsanto court verdict

Kaveri Seed

08/01/2019 07:16

MUMBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A nationalist group close to
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party said on Tuesday it
would seek a legislative amendment to the rules governing
patents, after the country's top court ruled in favour of
Monsanto's cotton seed patent.
    The Supreme Court allowed Monsanto to claim patents on its
genetically modified cotton seeds in the world's biggest
producer of the fibre, overturning a decision of a lower
court. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nD8N1SS00K
    "There is a need for the government to look into this whole
issue and make an amendment in the law forbidding these
companies from charging a patent amount," Ashwani Mahajan,
National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, told Reuters.
    Reuters could not immediately contact India's agricultural
ministry.

 (Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Krishna N. Das)
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