For the past year, the ACLU has been working to end patents on human genes, genes we all have in our bodies. The ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the United ...
This event is free and open to the public. The lawsuit, Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, et al., brought by the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation ...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that companies cannot patent isolated human genes that are naturally occurring. The decision defeats the Salt Lake City company, Myriad Genetics Inc. who had ...
Alyssa Monsen, Andrew Murtha Ph.D., Meghan McLean Poon Ph.D. Understanding what to patent versus what to keep as a trade secret is an increasingly important and challenging decision facing companies ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a ruling that said Myriad Genetics Inc could patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, and ordered further review by a ...
The Supreme Court's mixed ruling on gene patents Thursday meant that all sides could claim a partial victory — patients, researchers and industry alike. The unanimous opinion invalidated Myriad ...
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Genprex, Inc. (GNPX) ("Genprex" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing life-changing therapies for ...
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A US district court in late March invalidated seven patents on human genes, in part based on the Federal Circuit's ruling in In re Bilski. Judge Robert Sweet of the US District Court for the Southern ...
Buoyed by enabling legislation and scientific advances, institutions are aggressively shopping their faculties' `blue-sky' investigations. In just the past year, patents on the genes implicated in ...
WASHINGTON Chocolate chip cookies. Baseball bats. Amazon plants. Not a game show quiz, but hypotheticals by U.S. Supreme Court justices trying to decide whether human genes should be patented. The ...