United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________
ORGANIC SEED GROWERS AND TRADE ASSOCIATION, ORGANIC CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL, INC., THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE, DEMETER ASSOCIATION, INC., CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, BEYOND PESTICIDES, NAVDANYA INTERNATIONAL, MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION, NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK, NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION/MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER, INC., NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND, CT NOFA, NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT, RURAL VERMONT, OHIO ECOLOGICAL FOOD & FARM ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC GROWERS AND CONSUMERS INC., SOUTHEAST IOWA ORGANIC ASSOCIATION, MENDOCINO ORGANIC NETWORK, NORTHEAST ORGANIC DAIRY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE, MIDWEST ORGANIC DAIRY PRODUCERS ALLIANCE, WESTERN ORGANIC DAIRY PRODCUCERS ALLIANCE, CANADIAN ORGANIC GROWERS, PEACE RIVER ORGANIC PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, FAMILY FARMER SEED COOPERATIVE, SUSTAINABLE LIVING SYSTEMS, GLOBAL ORGANIC ALLIANCE, FOOD DEMOCRACY NOW!, FARM-TO-CONSUMER LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WESTON A. PRICE FOUNDATION, MICHAEL FIELDS 2 ORGANIC SEED GROWERS AND TRADE v. MONSANTO COMPANY
AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE, FEDCO SEEDS INC., ADAPTIVE SEEDS, LLC, SOW TRUE SEED, SOUTHERN EXPOSURE SEED EXCHANGE, MUMM'S SPROUTING SEEDS, BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEED CO., LLC, COMSTOCK, FERRE & CO., LLC, SEEDKEEPERS, LLC, SISKIYOU SEEDS, COUNTRYSIDE ORGANICS, WILD GARDEN SEED, CUATRO PUERTAS, SEED WE NEED, ALBA RANCH, WILD PLUM FARM, GRATITUDE GARDENS, RICHARD EVERETT FARM, LLC, PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY FARM, INC, GENESIS FARM, CHISPAS FARMS LLC, MIDHEAVEN FARMS, KOSKAN FARMS, CALIFORNIA CLOVERLEAF FARMS, NORTH OUTBACK FARM, TAYLOR FARMS, INC., RON GARGASZ ORGANIC FARMS, ABUNDANT ACRES, T & D WILLEY FARMS, FULL MOON FARM, INC., COMMON GOOD FARM, LLC, AMERICAN BUFFALO COMPANY, RADIANCE DAIRY, QUINELLA RANCH, NATURE'S WAY FARM LTD., LEVKE AND PETER EGGERS FARM, FREY VINEYARDS, LTD., BRYCE STEPHENS, CHUCK NOBLE, LARHEA PEPPER, PAUL ROMERO, BRIAN WICKERT, BRUCE DRINKMAN, MURRAY BAST, AND DONALD WRIGHT PATTERSON, JR., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
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OCIA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INC., NORTHERN PLAINS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE SOCIETY, MANITOBA ORGANIC ALLIANCE, UNION PAYSANNE, FAMILY FARM DEFENDERS INC., INTERLAKE FORAGE SEEDS LTD., KIRSCHENMANN FAMILY FARMS INC., AND JARDIN DEL ALMA, Plaintiffs, ORGANIC SEED GROWERS AND TRADE v. MONSANTO COMPANY 3 v.
MONSANTO COMPANY AND MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Defendants-Appellees.
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2012-1298 ______________________
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 11-CV-2163, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald. ______________________
Decided: June 10, 2013 ______________________
DANIEL B. RAVICHER, Public Patent Foundation, Ben- jamin N. Cardozo School of Law, of New York, New York, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was SABRINA Y. HASSAN.
SETH P. WAXMAN, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, of Washington, DC argued for defendants- appellees. With him on the brief were PAUL R. Q. WOLFSON, TODD C. ZUBLER, GREGORY H. LANTIER, CAROLYN J. CHACHKIN and RACHEL L. WEINER.
JUDITH I. MCGEARY, Langley & McGeary, PLLC, of Cameron, Texas, for amici curiae, Farm and Ranch Free- dom Alliance, et al.
DAVID C. FREDERICK, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC for amici curiae, Intellectual Property Professors. 4 ORGANIC SEED GROWERS AND TRADE v. MONSANTO COMPANY
THOMAS F. POCHE, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, L.L.P., of Washington, DC,