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By Kevin E. Noonan — Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. Men in Black (1997) And in 2010,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Several weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge Robert W. Sweet denied the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's motion to dismiss the ACLU-sponsored lawsuit aiming for a human gene patenting ban (see "BRCA Patent Suit to Continue in Southern District of New York"). Just before Christmas, the Office filed another…
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Now, L.A. Times Gets It Wrong on Gene Patenting By Kevin E. Noonan — Maybe it is just the state of newspapers in the 21st Century — a 19th Century medium supplanted by technology that is more immediate, extensive, comprehensive, and relevant. Or maybe it is the pressure of deadlines and "getting the story,"…
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By Donald Zuhn — On New Year's Eve, we kicked off our third annual list of top biotech/pharma stories by counting down the first three of the top ten stories covered on Patent Docs in 2009 (see "Top Stories of 2009: #10, #9, and #8"). Yesterday, we listed stories #7, #6, and #5 (see…
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By Donald Zuhn — On New Year's Eve, we kicked off our third annual list of top biotech/pharma stories by counting down the first three of the top ten stories covered on Patent Docs in 2009 (see "Top Stories of 2009: #10, #9, and #8"). Today, we count down stories #7, #6, and #5,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Gene patenting, and proposed bans on the practice, have garnered several newspaper reports and responses from professional groups around the world. Australian Senate Panel Debates Gene Patenting The Community Affairs Committee of the Australian Senate is investigating whether genes should be patentable in that country, according to a December…
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By Donald Zuhn — Gene patenting has been a hotly debated topic for at least the past three years. The subject moved back to the forefront when Chicago-Kent College of Professor of Law Lori Andrews and the late Michael Critchton published an article in the November 11, 2006 issue of Parade magazine, in which…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, National Public Radio's Science Friday, which is broadcast nationwide as part of NPR's Talk of the Nation, examined the issue of gene patenting. The debate over gene patenting reignited in May as a result of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office case,…
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By Donald Zuhn — On December 11th, National Public Radio's Science Friday, which is broadcast nationwide from 2:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern time as part of NPR's Talk of the Nation programming, will focus on the issue of gene patenting. In particular, the program will examine the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, Donald Chisum (at right), who for the past 31 years has authored the patent treatise Chisum on Patents, was in Chicago to give a luncheon presentation on recent patent law developments to a group of local practitioners. Mr. Chisum, who was professor of law at the University…
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