Bayer rejects Brazilian farmers' claim that court finds it liable for $2 billion in royalties
Bayer rejected on Tuesday a claim by a Brazilian farmers' lobby group that the country's top court had ordered the diversified German company to return about $2 billion in royalties to soybean farmers. The case, which is related to a law dispute in Brazil about extensions of patents for more than 20 years, is the latest chapter of a protracted battle between Bayer and Brazilian farmers, who have launched multiple legal challenges against the company. Mato Grosso state farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT said in a statement the Supreme Court ordered Bayer on Tuesday to return to farmers royalt...