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Falsehoods, Distortions and Outright Lies in the Gene Patenting Debate

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The zeitgeist has turned harshly on patenting in the U.S., perhaps nowhere as starkly as in gene patenting. Originally the subject of op-ed rants by famous authors (see "Science Fiction in The New York Times") and quixotic bills introduced by undistinguished members of Congress (see "The Continuing Threat to Gene Patenting"), the filing by the American Civil Liberties Union of a complaint against Myriad Genetics several weeks ago seems to have opened the floodgates of opposition to these patents. Thus, there have been debates on the topic on National Public Radio (see "Gene Patenting Debate...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 16, 2009 (boomark / email).