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BIO and AUTM File Joint Amicus Brief in AMP v. USPTO

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- On October 29, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) filed an amici curiae brief in AMP v. USPTO (the Myriad case). Fittingly (in view of the interest, financial and otherwise, of their members in patented genetic technologies), the brief is focused on the patent-eligibility of isolated DNA (it expressly does not reach the patent-eligibility of the method claim invalidated by the District Court). The brief also makes clear to the Federal Circuit the adverse consequences should it not reverse the District Court's decision striking down Myriad's licensed patents...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).