The patent held by Monsanto, through its Indian arm Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech, over its Bollgard-II Bt cotton seed technology has been decreed to be unenforceable in India. The court’s order came in a case filed in 2015 by Monsanto, through MMBL, against Nuziveedu Seeds and its subsidiaries for selling Bt cotton seeds using its patented technology despite termination of a licence agreement in November 2015. The order and the court’s interpretation of section 3(j) of the Patents Act, 1970, may prove to be an impediment for entry of new technology in Indian agriculture as technology developers will lose pricing freedom