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Some genes are patentable others are not

  • Heskia - Hacmun Law Firm
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  • Israel, USA
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  • June 17 2013

The USA Supreme Court has released on June 13, 2013 an opinion addressing an appeal regarding a decision of the Federal Circuit that found both

A look at the Myriad gene patent claims and the USPTO memo to examiners on Myriad

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 17 2013

Now that the Supreme Court has issued its decision in the "ACLUMyriad" gene patents case (Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics

Supreme Court permits DNA sampling of persons arrested, but not yet convicted, in Maryland v. King

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 17 2013

We wrote earlier this year on the Fourth Amendment issue presented in Maryland v. King: whether a Maryland statute that allows the state to obtain

US Supreme Court affirms patentee's rights in plant biotech case

  • AJ Park
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

The Bowman vs. Monsanto Co case, which was decided last month, has generated more public interest than most in recent years. The case deals with the

Myriad: reversing decades of USPTO practice

  • Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

In Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court effectively reversed decades of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court's Myriad decision on DNA patents is in

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

The Supreme Court has held that "isolated" nucleic acids that correspond to naturally-occurring sequences are not eligible for patenting, but that

In setting genes free, Supreme Court decision will put greater emphasis on trade secret protection in biotech

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

In a decision awaited with considerable trepidation by the biotech world, among others, the Supreme Court Thursday (June 13) handed down its

US Supreme Court rules that isolated DNA sequences are not patentable

  • Mewburn Ellis LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

In its eagerly-awaited decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the US Supreme Court has found that claims directed

The US Supreme Court rules on gene patents

  • Shelston IP
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

In its long-awaited landmark decision in the case of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court has

The protesters were right no one can patent their genes

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that genes are not patentable, even when there are isolated from the body. The case