Which I find insane when it comes to crops. If the person had willfully taken some seeds and used them sure, but patent law really should have some sort of exemption for cases where the patented product is overtly trespassing. It's ridiculous that because some company patented a gene a farmer who never wanted the plant in the first place is limited in what he can do to his own property. (Can't use roundup, can't harvest his seeds, etc.)
It's a small step from this situation to creating a virus, patenting it and releasing it in the wild and calling all people that get the cold your property.
Patent ownership in this kind of case (the plants, not the people) needs to be dialed back.
Never mind a human virus. If Monsanto could create an airborn plant retrovirus they could potentially frame someone for stealing Monsanto seed and planting their entire farm.
It's a small step from this situation to creating a virus, patenting it and releasing it in the wild and calling all people that get the cold your property.
Patent ownership in this kind of case (the plants, not the people) needs to be dialed back.