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Myriad breast cancer patent very broad, study finds
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| Myriad Genetics' disputed patent on the BRCA1
| breast cancer gene is "surprisingly broad"
| and could interfere with future research,
| three experts said on Tuesday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62F5YR20100316
New Study Points Out That Gene Patent On Trial Is Very, Very Broad
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100316/1732228591.shtml
Harvard Law Prof's Poor Economic Analysis Used As Cover For Unnecessary Fashion Copyright
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| Basically, Suk's whole position is based on
| the fact that the monopoly rents of designers
| is decreased by a lack of copyright, but she
| fails to consider that this leads to greater
| and more frequent innovation (which we see
| all the time in the market). What's even
| stranger is that she flip-flops her argument
| in the middle of the paper. She talks
| repeatedly about how designers need big
| profits to have the incentive to innovate,
| but then says that big designers aren't the
| ones really threatened. Instead, she claims,
| it's the smaller designers. But, those
| designers didn't have those big profits to
| protect in the first place. They're out there
| trying to make a name for themselves by
| designing something new and cool -- so they
| have plenty of incentive to innovate. And if
| their design this year is copied, that's
| great for them because it gives them greater
| recognition and means the demand for their
| original products will be even greater the
| following season.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100309/0205138477.shtml
What's Bilski got to do with open source?
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| Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier speaks with Aaron
| Williamson, counsel at the Software Freedom
| Law Center (SFLC).
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http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/openmic/2010/031710openmic-williamson.html
Recent:
Bits and Bytes: BRCA Gene Patents
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| Breast Cancer Gene Patent Challenge:
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| * The ACLU, PUBPAT, and others continue their fight against patents
| covering the breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 held by Myriad and the
| University of Utah. The federal lawsuit argues (1) that the genes should
| not be patentable as "products of nature" and (2) that the patentee's use
| of patent rights to limit scientific research on the genes violates
| constitutional First Amendment protections.
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http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/bits-and-bytes-brca-gene-patents.html
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