Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter

Wegner Paper Probes Myriad Decisions Flaws

Prof. Hal Wegner goes for the jugular with his analysis of some of the flaws in the legal reasoning behind the holding in the recent AMC v. Myriad decision. [See my post of July 31st 2011 on the decision]. (Prof. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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ACI v. Honda – Therasense in Practice

On June 27th, in American Calcar, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., No. 2009-1503, 1567 (Fed. Cir. June 27, 2011) the court reversed and remanded the district court’s findings of inequitable conduct in the obtainment of three patents relating … Continue reading

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