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Australian Senate to Release Gene Patenting Findings Next Week

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

By Damian Slizys -- Following the discussion in Patent Docs of the Australian Senate's gene patent inquiry last December (see "Gene Patenting: Australian Potpourri"), we now expect the findings of the Senate enquiry to be set down on 17 June 2010, following two extensions of time. The inquiry was allegedly initiated, in part, because of the attempts to enforce the Myriad Genetics patents in Australia which relate to the use of BRCA1/BRCA2 genes in breast cancer screening and as isolated products per se. In light of the recent decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).