Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

En (many) banc(s) Fed. Cir. decides CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Part 1)

On May 10th, the Federal Circuit issued a short per curium opinion affirming the district court’s decision that “a majority of the court affirms the [holding below] that the asserted method and computer-readable media claims are not directed to eligible … Continue reading

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Myriad Argued Before The Supreme Court – Some Snippets

I confess that I’ve become addicted to this case and just finished all 63 pages of the transcript of the oral argument that took place on Monday. I won’t try to summarize it, but rather will try to review some … Continue reading

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Approaches to Claiming Diagnostic Methods using Biomarkers in the EPO

Find linked below a guest post from Dr. Stefan Danner in regards to drafting diagnostic claims in Europe. Diagnostic Claims    

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Landmark Australian case finds genes still patentable in Australia

Article by Mark Wickham of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick.

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