Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

Prometheus’s Brief – Don’t Confuse Us With “LabCorp”

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Warren Woessner

It took me a while to get around to reading Prometheus’s brief to the Supreme Court in Mayo v. Prometheus Labs., No. 10-1150 (S. Ct. Oct. 31, 2011), because I was pretty sure how it would read and, in fact, … Continue reading →

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Excerpts From Amicus Briefs Supporting Prometheus

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Warren Woessner

This intriguing compilation “Excerpts From 15 AMICI Briefs Supporting Respondent Prometheus: Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.,” was sent to me by Mark Corallo of Corallo Media Strategies, Inc., Alexandria, VA. UNH Law used to be Franklin Pierce Law … Continue reading →

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Part II – Mayo’s Brief Goes Back to A (Non-Precedential) Past

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Warren Woessner

In my last post on Mayo v. Prometheus, I noted that Mayo is cutting a trail of (legal) tears to ultimately rely on the reasoning underlying the “LabCorp dissent” (548 U.S. 132, 136). In this dissent from a dismissal of … Continue reading →

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Mayo’s Brief Goes Back To A (Non-Precedential) Future

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Warren Woessner

You all may be suffering from Prometheus v. Mayo fatigue by now, but this remains the most important IP case before the Supreme Court, and may well alter the course of life sciences patenting for the foreseeable future. I know … Continue reading →

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