Corteva, Bayer End Suit Over Roundup-Resistant Corn Patents

Corteva Inc. and Bayer AG settled a federal patent-infringement lawsuit centered on genetically modified corn plants that produce an enzyme resistant to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.

Corteva Agriscience LLC’s agreement with Monsanto Co. and Bayer CropScience LLC, both units of Bayer’s crop science division, dismissed all asserted claims and defenses over US Patent Nos. 10,947,555, 11,149,283, and 11,299,745 with prejudice, according to an order Judge Gregory B. Williams approved Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

Corteva, which makes a line of corn products under the Enlist brand, sued the Bayer subsidiaries in August 2022 ...