From reading the actual court case it is pretty obvious that Bowman was in the wrong. If he did want to pay Monsanto to use their seeds, he should not have used their seeds.
I think the farmer was clearly in the right.
Thank you for your reasoned response. It worries me that anti-science, anti-capitalist sentiment is running rampant on FR. Too many people are reading and believing the hysterical Facebook posts regarding Monsanto.