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Amicus Briefs in AMP v. USPTO: University of New Hampshire School of Law

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

By James DeGiulio -- In another amicus brief filed in late October in the Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Myriad") case, Prof. J. Jeffrey Hawley and Prof. Ann McCrackin, writing on behalf of amicus University of New Hampshire School of Law, criticize Judge Sweet's District Court decision substantively and procedurally. Among several concise points, the professors criticize the District Court for overstepping its bounds by implementing a new restriction on patentable subject matter, applying the incorrect standard in the summary judgment ruling, and ignoring its charged duty to uphold controlling federal patent law. The brief...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on December 13, 2010 (boomark / email).