Genes Can't Be Patented

In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court ruled today that natural genes are not patentable. The ruling boils down to the observation that patents must cover new inventions, not simply discoveries of natural phenomena. As stated in the Court's opinion, "genes and the information they encode are not patent eligible...simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material."...Read Full Post
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