The European Patents Office decided not to revoke the patent on Monsanto`s Roundup Ready soy. Environment lobbyist Greenpeace, Swiss biotech group Syngenta and other groups had complained to the European Patent Office that Monsanto had no right to its previously awarded patent on its Roundup Ready genetically modified seeds for soybeans, maize and other crops.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8111861">Reuters: European agency rules Monsanto has GMO seed patent</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/press/release?item_id=822957&campaign_id=3942">Greenpeace Press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/press/release?item_id=821176&campaign_id">Greenpeace and Farmers join forces to protect our food from Biotech Industry buy-out</a>