Supreme Court strikes down patents for natural DNA sequences!

[thewayne]

YES! And a unanimous ruling! It's always been understood that things in nature cannot be patented, I don't know why the patent office didn't reject applications like this from the beginning. But it's well-known that the U.S. patent office is underfunded and understaffed and unable to keep up with the rapid rate of change in new tech fields.

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/06/13/1550225/supreme-court-no-patents-for-natural-dna-sequences

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[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Sort of the classic 'you can sue anyone for anything' regardless of the merits. I occasionally get emails from my dad and others about 'this guy is suing Obama because he knows the truth, and Obama is shutting him down!', while they ignore the fact that the guy basically has no life and spends his life filing frivolous lawsuits and representing himself.