IANAL, but making copies of the genes in question via growing seeds should be fine because the gene is protected by a patent not copyright. If you're growing s

IANAL, but making copies of the genes in question via growing seeds should be fine because the gene is protected by a patent not copyright. If you're growing seeds with the genes in them I don't see that that actually IS a violation of the patent because a necessary part beyond the expression of the CP4 EPSPS gene in the plant is the process of spraying them. For this specific case if you don't spray I don't think the patent is infringed upon.