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“Are Human Genes Patentable?” The Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Myriad

On November 30, 2012, the Supreme Court granted certiorari – in what portends to be one of the most impactful decisions in patent law history – to end the “gene patenting” debate, an issue that lower courts have measured over...more

Supreme Court to Consider Whether (Isolated) Human Genes are Patentable

On November 30, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide a case presenting the seemingly simple, but legally complex, question, “Are human genes patentable?” After Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218 (2010) and Mayo...more

Bilski v. Kappos: Effects on Biotechnology Patents

Although long-anticipated, the Supreme Court's opinion in Bilski did not provide much in terms of “pellucid” teachings regarding the metes and bounds of patent-eligible subject matter. Against this backdrop, the Court decided...more