How and Why Genes are Patentable
Source
Genetic Alliance Webinar
Description
Although patents have been granted on about 20,000 isolated and purified human genes, the practice of gene patenting remains ill understood and fraught with controversy. A high-profile lawsuit aimed at invalidating gene patents, American Molecular Pathology et al v. US Patent and Trade Office, Myriad Genetic, et al is currently working its way through federal courts. Professor John Conley of the University of North Carolina School of Law reviews the understanding of genetics on which the patentability of genes has been based, discuss the most significant cases establishing gene patentability, review current developments, and offer some predictions about future directions.
Presenters:
John Conley - Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [Presentation PowerPoint]
Ann Waldo - Senior Counsel, Genetic Alliance
Date Added
April 7, 2010
Keywords
webinar 2010, video/audio recording, how and why genes are patentable, gene patenting, april 1
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