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Curiouser and Curiouser

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The rift that has arisen between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Justice Department over the question of patent-eligibility for isolated genes seems to be continuing. Last Thursday, the Acting Solicitor General sent a letter to the Federal Circuit, requesting to opportunity to present oral argument to the Court in support of the Justice Department's amicus curiae brief in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (aka the Myriad case). This brief has already exposed deep divisions between the two Cabinet departments (Justice and Commerce), with the patent solicitor evidently...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).