ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent

Posted March 30, 2010 10:07 AM

From Boing Boing:

United States District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet has invalidated Myriad Genetics's infamous "breast cancer patent" -- a patent on genetic mutations that cause breast cancer, which Myriad has exercised in the form of a high lab-fee for analysis on samples (Myriad threatens to sue any independent lab that performs the analysis).

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#4 "Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent" by GKC on 03/31/2010 12:03 PM (score 2)

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#1 "Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent" by rcapper on 03/30/2010 10:57 PM (score 1)

rcapper Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Etats Unis Posts: 1871 Good Answers: 45	#1 Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent 03/30/2010 10:57 PM
	Gee, seems like I recall there being a requirement for an original INVENTOR. Since these people didn't invent a naturally occurring phenomenon, I am not sure how we got here. Perhaps I should file a patent on Carbon as long as they are allowing patents like these. __________________ The hardest thing to overcome, is not knowing that you don't know.
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QSK Commentator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 67 Good Answers: 1	#3 In reply to #1 Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent 03/31/2010 6:46 AM
	nah...oxygen would yield better profits. Go for it...I forsake my rights on oxygen in your favour.
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ffej Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Geelong, Australia Posts: 1084 Good Answers: 54	#2 Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent 03/30/2010 11:37 PM
	Looks like the USA's ACLU does a lot of good work. Wish we had something like it in Australia. __________________ If there's something you don't understand...Then a wizard did it. As heard on "The Simpsons".
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GKC Power-User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Colorado - USA Posts: 133 Good Answers: 15	#4 In reply to #2 Re: ACLU prevails: US Fed Judge Invalidates Gene Patent 03/31/2010 12:03 PM
	I think it would be better said that the USA's ACLU does some good work. Just as a bad tennis player occasionally hits an ace serve. __________________ Life is not an illogicality, yet it is a trap for logicians.
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