A new study shows that a single corporation has registered nearly half of all existing gene patents from marine organisms A single corporation has registered nearly half of all existing pate... Read more
The Supreme Court today unanimously struck down patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 When Angelina Jolie announced last month that she decided to get a prophylactic double mastectomy, she based her de... Read more
Layered uncertainties make this case an unusually difficult case in which to predict the outcome On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology... Read more
After an unanticipated setback a year ago, Myriad Genetics has taken its case to a federal appeals court to retain its patents for the BRCA1 andBRCA2 genes The latest chapter in the legal ba... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. The... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thous... Read more