While the question of patentability of isolated gene sequences awaits resolution at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Australian Federal Court today upheld Myriad Genetics’ patent on methods for screening for cancer-predisposing...more
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The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in Assoc. for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, et al. (Myriad), to address the issue of whether human genes are patentable. This...more