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Supreme Court Rules In Myriad On Patentability Of DNA

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Warren Woessner

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that a naturally occurring DNA sequence is a product of nature, and not patent-eligible simply because it has been “isolated.” (A copy of the ruling can be found at the end of this post.) However, the … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Decides Bowman v. Monsanto for Monsanto

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Warren Woessner

On May 13th, a unanimous Court found that the doctrine of patent exhaustion “does not allow the purchaser to make new copies of the patented invention.” [A copy of decision is at the end of this post.] In this case, the patented … Continue reading →

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CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Part 2)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Warren Woessner

I hope that some of my loyal readers noticed that my last post on CLS was incomplete, since it did not elaborate on the rationale for the decision(s) arrived at by the majority, either directly or by default. The first … Continue reading →

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Myriad Argued Before The Supreme Court – Some Snippets

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Warren Woessner

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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