Dupont is challenging a contract on antitrust grounds, which is cited in the article tilted "Court rules for Monsanto in lawsuit." if on appeal Dupont prevails (wins) and proves that its contract with Monsanto violates antitrust laws:

a) then the contract between them would be illegal.

b) then there would not be a contract, because of lack of consideration.

c) then there would not be a contract, because there is no genuiness of assent.

d) then there would not be a contract, because there is no acceptance.

e) none of these

Court rules for Monsanto in lawsuit DuPont challenge on antitrust plants that DuPont developed un- seed industry. der a license with Monsanto. "This litigation is just begin- grounds is allowed to stand U.S. District Judge Richard ning we will now vigorously . Webber said in Friday's ruling pursue our antitrust, license and that Monsanto's licensing agree- patent fraud claims," Thomas L. By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD The Associated Press : Roundup Ready gene, which is in- ment clearly prohibits DuPont Sager, DuPont senior vice presi serted in the vast majority of U.S. from inserting its Optimum GAT dent and general counsel, said in corn and soybean crops. gene into corn and soybean plants a statement Saturday ST. LOUIS - A legal ruling says with Monsanto traits. Monsanto DuPont violated its contract with The Roundup Ready gene makes spokesman Lee crops resistant to its Roundup Judge defines ruling as narrow Quarles said DuPont's claims of rival Monsanto by developing ge- herbicide, making weed control antitrust violations in the contract netically modified soybeans cre- cheaper and easier for farmers ated with Monsanto's technology, But Webber said his ruling are a "continued smoke screen because they can spray the her- was narrow, and didn't consider and effort to obscure the signifi- but leaves open DuPont's chal- bicide without hurting their crop. whether Monsanto has the right cance of the court's ruling on their lenge of the contract on antitrust The trait has become the industry under antitrust laws .to restrict license violation." grounds. standard since Monsanto intro- duced it in 1996. how competitors breed and sell "As we've stated clearly over The ruling in St. Louis federal plants with Monsanto traits. the last several months, DuPont court is the latest turn in a lawsuit DuPont is challenging its licens- negotiated and signed a contract between the world's two biggest Monsanto sued DuPont last spring, claiming it was illegal for ing agreement with Monsanto on with a specific set of rights, at the seed companies. At issue is how much freedom Monsanto Co:'s DuPont to sell its new line of bio- antitrust grounds, in the midst of financial terms they preferred, tech seeds called Optimum GAT, a U.S. Department of Justice anti- and the rights they licensed did competitors have to develop crops That line of seeds adds a new trust investigation into Monsanto not include making" Optimum containing their own biotech DuPont gene to the older line of that is examining whether there traits using Monsanto's patented Roundup Ready corn and soybean is anticompetitive behavior in the Saturday. GAT, Quarles said in an e-mail