US seed company Monsanto could be set to pull out of India , after a court ruled that its patents on two genetically modified varieties of cotton were unenforceable there . Monsanto is a company everyone loves to hate - with good reason. The High Court in Delhi found , under Indian law , the cotton variety can be patented but plants and seeds produced from it can not . It had embarked on a three - year battle with its Indian licensee , Nuziveedu Seeds over non - payment of royalties . The court 's verdict means there is now no legal basis for the claim .
US seed company Monsanto could be set to pull out of India , after a court ruled that its patents on two genetically modified varieties of cotton were unenforceable there . The High Court in Delhi found , under Indian law , the cotton variety can be patented but plants and seeds produced from it can not . It had embarked on a three - year battle with its Indian licensee , Nuziveedu Seeds over non - payment of royalties . The court 's verdict means there is now no legal basis for the claim .