Judge nullifies gene patents!

[thewayne]

YES! I have always thought these were just flat-out wrong. Patents were intended for inventions, not things that occur in nature. If you invent a machine that will detect certain genetic patterns, fine, patent that. But not the sequence.

This is especially important to me because my condition is genetic and will probably require a genetic cure.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/judge-nullifies-gene-patents/

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/29/2355233/US-District-Judge-Rules-Gene-Patents-Invalid?art_pos=15

Comments

[silveradept]

Excellent. I'm glad the judge understood that patent process and what actually could be patented.