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Nature Biotechnology and More Anti-gene Patenting Myths

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Sadly (you'd expect they would know better), the editorial board of Nature Biotechnology has decided to get on-board the anti-gene patenting bandwagon. The editors are entitled to their opinion, of course, but it shouldn't be too much to ask that they be more informed about the issues. This development appears as an editorial in the May edition of the journal. In an editorial entitled "Sitting up and taking notice," the editorial announces Judge Sweet's March 29th decision in favor of the plaintiffs in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. That announcement...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).