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Monthly Archives: July 2011
AMC v. Myriad – “Laws of Nature” Exception Does Not Include Isolated DNA
As noted in my last “flash” post, a divided three-judge Fed. Cir. panel (Judges Lourie, Bryson and Moore) issued an opinion holding that the isolated DNA sequences and the drug-screening method claimed by Myriad are patentable subject matter, not natural … Continue reading
Divided Panel Finds DNA Molecules Patentable – Cancer Screening Claims Too Abstract
Today a divided Fed. Cir. panel of Judges Lourie, Moore and Bryson – Lourie writing for the “majority” – reversed the district court judge, in AMP v. Myriad, holding that isolated DNA sequences are patent-eligible subject matter and not natural … Continue reading
District Court Dismisses Stem Cell Ban Suit
On July 27, in Sherley v. Sibelius, Judge Royce Lamberth reversed himself, and dismissed the 2010 lawsuit that initially led to a freeze on Government funding for human embryonic stem cell research, conducted under the terms of the 2009 NIH … Continue reading
Inequitable Conduct in Canada – Disarming the “Atomic Bomb”
This is a guest post from Brian W. Gray of Norton Rose. This week a significant decision for patent owners was released from our Canadian Federal Court of Appeal. A copy of the case is found at the end of … Continue reading