Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Patent Law Blogs -> Patent Docs

Patent Law

: Patent Docs

Science Progress Article Examines Impact of Gene Patents on Research

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

By Donald Zuhn -- Gene patenting has been a hotly debated topic for at least the past three years. The subject moved back to the forefront when Chicago-Kent College of Professor of Law Lori Andrews and the late Michael Critchton published an article in the November 11, 2006 issue of Parade magazine, in which the two advocated for a Genetic Bill of Rights that would have included a prohibition on gene patents (see "Gene Patenting in the News Again"). The anti-gene patent baton was next passed to Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), who in February 2007 introduced a bill (H.R. 977)...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).