“Human Gene Patentability Case Heads To Supreme Court.” By Sharon Begley, Reuters (via Huffington Post).
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patents on at least 4,000 human genes to companies, universities and others that have discovered and decoded them. Patents now cover some 40 percent of the human genome, according to a scientific study led by Christopher Mason of Weill Cornell Medical College. But if foes of gene patents have their way, that percentage could be rolled back to zero.
On April 15, 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that calls into question whether human DNA can be claimed as intellectual property, and remain off limits to everyone without the permission of the patent holder. Read more »
Related:
- Docket Files on the Case Against Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al. and Questions Presented (PDF)
- Transcript of Oral Arguments (PDF)
- “Patients, Patents, and Profits in a Genomic Age.” By Gayle Sulik, Psychology Today on April 23, 2013.
- “Supreme Court Seems Highly Skeptical That Biotech Can ‘Patent Nature.'” By Erin Fuchs, Business Insider on April 16, 2013.
- “Argument recap: Analogies to the rescue.” By Lyle Denniston, SCOTUS Blog on April 15, 2013.
- “Yale scientist one of lead plaintiffs in human gene patent case.” By Ed Stannard, New Haven Register on April 15, 2013.
- “Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law.” Human Genetics. PBS on April 15, 2013.
- “Genetic Breakthroughs: Patents and Profits.” Host, Warren Olney, NPR’s KCRW April 15, 2013.
- “Can a company patent your DNA? Supreme Court hears BRCA gene case.” Los Angeles Times on April 15, 2013.
- “Patenting Human Genes Harms People.” By Elaine Shattner, Huffington Post on April 15, 2013.
- “Justices Consider Whether Patents on Genes Are Valid.” By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times on April 14, 2013.
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“Myriad Genetics: Patents save lives, aid innovation.” By Peter D. Meldrum, (President and CEO of Myriad Genetics, Inc.), USA Today on April 14, 2013.
- “Myriad Genetics CEO Claims He Owns Your Genes.” By Steven Salzberg, Forbes on April 13, 2012.
- “The Breast Cancer Gene and Control of Women’s Bodies.” By Karuna Jaggar of Breast Cancer Action, Ms Magazine on April 13, 2013.
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“Supreme Court to take up Myriad Genetics patent case on Monday.” By Russ Brit, The Wall Street Journal on April 12, 2013.
- “The Ethical Implications of Gene Patenting.” Empowered Doctor on April 10, 2013 (video)
- “Can Human Genes Be Patented?” Richard Wolf, USA Today on April 10, 2013.
- “BRCA1 and BRCA2 Gene Patent Debate Reaches the U.S. Supreme Court: Why Everyone Should Care.” By Nancy Stordahl, Huffington Post on April 08, 2013.
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“The Supreme Court should invalidate the patent on human DNA .” By Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld and Christopher E. Mason,
The Washington Post on April 5, 2013.
- “Supreme Court to Rule on Patentability of Human Genes.” By John Conley and Dan Vorhaus, Genomics Law Report on November 30, 2012.
- “Position Statement on Gene Patents and Accessibility of Gene Testing.” (PDF) American College of Medical Genetics on August 2, 1999.
