Argentina:  Summary of legislation related to Intellectual Property Rights and Royalties

Brazil: Legislation related to transgenic crops and Intellectual Property Rights  

U.S.: Monsanto has been targeting state legislatures in at least nine US states -- California, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Arizona, and West Virginia -- for legislation that would preempt local cities and counties that want to restrict the sale of genetically modified seeds. These bills (some of which would also overturn other local restrictions on factory farms and other unwanted land uses) represent a coordinated attempt to block the spread of GMO-free ordinances like the ones passed by citizens in Mendocino and Marin counties in California in 2004. (Another local GMO-free law will be voted on in Sonoma County, CA in November.) Monsanto's strategy represents a desperate attempt to squash the new populist resistance to corporate rule. Like other laws passed in Pennsylvania, Sonoma's proposed ten-year moratorium is part of a greater fight for local decision-making authority that is spreading across the country.

For news on federal laws being pushed by the biotech industry see CropLife  and the Biotech Industry Organization.