No worries. The question wasn't initially to you anyway, as your posts came while I was reading/replying to Monk. I can't remember any court cases (even internationally) that are as he describes. It beggars belief.

..............n 1998, two years after the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Canada, the Schmeisers received a lawsuit notice from Monsanto which said that they were growing Roundup Ready canola without a licence from Monsanto and that this was a patent infringement. Monsanto had a patent on a gene to make GM canola resistant to the glyphosate herbicide in its formulation Roundup. This came as a complete surprise to the Schmeisers who immediately realised that all their research and development on canola over the past fifty years had been contaminated by Monsanto’s GMOs. They felt that they had a case against Monsanto for liability and the damages possibly caused to them, and that was the beginning of [1] Schmeiser’s Battle for the Seed (SiS 19). And 10 years on, the Schmeisers have been invited to London to tell their full story [2].

The Schmeisers stood up to Monsanto’s claims of patent infringement in the Federal Court with just one judge and no jury. The pre-trial took two years to go to court in which Monsanto claimed that despite having no knowledge of Percy Schmeiser ever having obtained any GM seed, he must have used their seed on his 1 030 acres of land because ninety-eight percent of the land was GM contaminated. And, because the Schmeisers had contaminated their own seed supply with Monsanto seed, ownership of the Schmeisers seed supply reverted to Monsanto under patent law..............

I'd be interested in Mike's opinion on GM organisms.

Thank you John, if you meant me.

My view.

Every GM crop should be judged on its own merit, this Orwellian all GM bad all organic good is unhelpful.

There will be useful harmless GM that will be a great benefit  to humanity and the environment we should not burn them like witches in Salem.
I think there could be some magnificent work done with salt tolerance in grain crops just for starters

There will be GM that do pose a threat (herbicide resistance that could arm weed species through cross pollination)

I have a great deal of sympathy for organic growers who get their crops contaminated by GM pollen or seed and therefore get penalised.
As a land owner I can not use chemicals that cross fences without fear of having to compensate for any damage done.
I don't see why letting DNA escape my property should be any different.

I would have strengthened the laws on who had a financial liability if GM genes escaped and caused harm.
And that liability should be with the plant breeder or originator of the crop and not passed onto the end user ,,, who should also carry some liability.

There was a case here, and I am willing to spend a bit of time googling it if you like.