April 2010

Source: Information Systems for Biotechnology ISB News report

Patent Rights and Patent Wrongs?
Phill Jones

While collaborations between universities and businesses yield mutually beneficial results, they can also create a tangle of patent rights. Sometimes, a party's rights can vanish with a signature, leaving only a costly mirage. Stanford v. Roche is one such cautionary tale.

For decades, the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted patents on nucleic acid molecules that encode gene products. In doing so, has the USPTO performed unconstitutional acts and violated US patent law?

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Published: April 15, 2010