Are human genes patentable in Europe and the US?
July 31, 2013
In June, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in the Myriad case (Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc.). The Supreme Court had been asked a seemingly simple question: “Are human genes patentable?”, and concluded that naturally occurring gene sequences are no longer patentable in the US. In Europe, isolated gene sequences are… » read more
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