Have we really gotten to the point that planting a seed can lead to a high-stakes Supreme Court patent lawsuit?

播下一颗种子可能会引起最高法院的一场事关重大的专利诉讼，我们真的已经到了这个地步了吗？

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Farmers, encouraged by high prices, have been planting more grain.

农民受高物价鼓励，已经种植了更多的作物。

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The seedlings, puny and ankle high when they should be knee high by this time of year, are his second planting.

这些幼苗是他第二次播种的，往年这时候应该到膝盖高了，可现在小得才到脚脖子。

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The high cost of hand-planting native seedlings prompted resistance from many farmers and ranchers, but they worked with ISA to find a cheaper alternative.

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