US Supreme Court Reverses Myriad Decision Allowing Gene Patents 27/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)The United States Supreme Court yesterday threw out a high-profile case that had allowed a private company’s patents on two human genes associated with cancer. The US highest court remanded the case, Molecular Pathology v. Myriad, back to the Federal Circuit for further consideration, especially in light of the high court’s decision last week on Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories (IPW, IP Law, 21 March 2012). Intellectual Property Watch reported on the earlier federal appeals court decision here (IPW, IP Law, 2 August 2011). The Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) brought the case along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), challenging the patents held by Myriad Genetics on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. PubPat yesterday issued a release here. It said the case involves genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer and that the reversed decision had limited access to life-saving genetic tests for at-risk women. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related "US Supreme Court Reverses Myriad Decision Allowing Gene Patents" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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