Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

Genetic Technologies Affirms Ariosa/Myriad With An Introduction By The Sequenom Petition for Cert.

On April 1st, Lilly filed an amicus brief in favor of Sequenom’s petition for cert. seeking to reverse Ariosa, that caused a lot of buzz in the IP community. (A copy is available at the end of this post.) To … Continue reading

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Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Merck – Mayo/Alice Rule Reaches Medical Treatment Methods.

In Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Merck, Civil Action No. 150572-GMS (D. Del., 2016), Bristol-Myers sued Merck for inducing infringement of U.S. Pat. No. 9,073,994. Claim 1 reads: “A method of treating a metastatic melanoma comprising intravenously administering an effective amount of … Continue reading

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Superman Breyer v. Batman Lourie Battle in the Sequenom Petition for Cert.

Since this is an amplification of my last post on the Sequenom petition for cert. in Sequenom v. Ariosa, please go back at read my first post on the petition. I have been arguing for some years that the patent … Continue reading

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Sequenom Files Petition for Cert. After Invalidation of Cff Patent

Sequenom, the loser in “Ariosa,” has filed a petition seeking Supreme Court review of the Fed. Cir.’s invalidation of the claims of US Pat. No. 6,258,540 as an attempt to claim a natural product, cffDNA. While there is no dispute … Continue reading

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