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Tag Archives: Myriad
Top Ten IP Stories from 2013
I admit it, I like lists, even completely subjective ones like this one, that is tilted toward patent law and prep/pros. So in no particular order, except for number one, here we go: Myriad [Add your pun title here!]. … Continue reading
The Unacknowledged Role of Section 112 in the Myriad Decisions
Guest post from Paul Cole, Lucas & Co., UK; introduction by Warren Woessner. In this interesting note, Paul Cole explores the possible effect on the Fed. Cir. and Supreme Court’s decisions about the patent-eligibility of “genomic DNA” of the arguable … Continue reading
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Tagged application to bacterial genes, biotechnology, biotechnology law, blanket prohibition, BRCA1, cDNA, chemist or geneticist, Enablement, evaluation, full-length gene partial sequence, intellectual property, ip, Myriad, Patent Law, patent-eligibility, patents, Paul Cole, structural difference threshold, utility threshold, Warren Woessner, written description
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Ariosa Diagnostics v. Sequenom: Another One Bites The Dust
In Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXUS 156554, the U.S. District Ct. for N.D. Cal., granted summary judgment to Ariosa that the claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540 were invalid as directed to patent-ineligible natural phenomena … Continue reading
Intema Files Petition for Grant of Certification
Following the Fed. Cir. holding that the claims in Intema’s patent (U.S. Pat. No. 6,573,103) on an improved method for determining the risk of a Down’s syndrome pregnancy were patent-ineligible as directed to a law of nature and a mental … Continue reading