Category Archives: Intellectual Property

The Myriad Case on Gene Patents: 3 Things to Know

Posted on April 15, 2013 by GDS

15 Apr 2013: The Myriad case on “human gene patents” was argued at the Supreme Court this morning and it’s a big day for Intellectual Property. Here are 3 things you should know: 1. It’s not really about human genes. … Continue reading →

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Nuking Gene Patents?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by GDS

The Myriad case – with its embedded nuclear bomb that would abolish most gene patents in the US – has been languishing on the Supreme Court’s desk ever since last year. The Supremes hadn’t accepted the appeal, or rejected the … Continue reading →

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New GM Grass: Unregulated and Unstudiable

Posted on September 11, 2011 by GDS

The NY Times recently published “Engineering Food for All,” a gushing op-ed by professional GMO proponent Nina Fedoroff that bemoaned the increasingly burdensome regulatory oversight of GM crops.  She went so far as to link world hunger to regulation of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property | 16 Comments

Golden Rice, soon. Or not.

Posted on May 30, 2011 by GDS

We have a new E.T.A. on Golden Rice. Well, sort of: the institutes in the Philippines that have been conducting field tests since 2008 say they may be able to submit the needed data for regulatory approval by 2013 in … Continue reading →

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Baseball Bats and Breast Cancer: The Court Mulls Over Gene Patenting

Posted on May 2, 2011 by GDS

A few weeks ago in a courtroom in Washington DC, lawyers with the blessing of the US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) argued that gene patents are invalid.  The judges of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are now … Continue reading →

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