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Patents seen as low priority for software firms
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| Biotech, medical device and hardware
| startups almost always use patents to
| protect their prospects, but young software
| companies generally do not, according to the
| first quantitative study of how small firms
| use intellectual property protections.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/22/BU6J1E37U0.DTL
Human Genome Project leader warns against attempts to patent genes
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| Human genetic information must be kept in
| the public domain to allow researchers to
| analyse it and to give members of the public
| fair access to medical treatments, the Nobel
| prizewinning scientist who led the British
| contribution to the Human Genome Project
| said today.
|
| Speaking at a briefing at the Science Museum
| in London to mark the 10th anniversary of
| the first draft of the human genome,
| biologist John Sulston said scientists and
| lawmakers must resist attempts by
| corporations and individuals to patent human
| genes.
|
| In the US, for example, it costs a woman
| between $3,000 and $4,000 to be tested for
| familial breast cancer because a corporation
| owns the patent for the two genes involved.
| "The fact of the matter is that many human
| genes have patent rights on them and this is
| going to get in the way of treatment unless
| you have a lot of money," said Sulston. "And
| it's going to get in the way of research."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/24/human-genome-project-patent-genes
Recent:
United States: Ground-breaking Federal District Court Ruling on Gene Patents
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| Editor: Do you see any of your larger clients
| selling off some of their patent portfolios?
|
| Camacho: I see very few of my clients selling
| off patent assets except in connection with
| the sale of a portion of the business, which
| will typically include the portion of the
| patent portfolio to which it pertained. More
| often, my clients are finding strategic
| partnerships in which they can monetize their
| patent portfolio by licensing the technology
| in markets that are ancillary or orthogonal to
| the client's primary market - i.e., they don't
| want to license the technology to a
| competitor. However, when a client has a large
| number of overlapping patents on a particular
| product and the value of pushing through
| incremental advances on that particular
| product is marginal at best, I do see clients
| choosing to spend less of their IP budget on
| getting additional patent coverage.
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http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/article.asp?articleid=101018
Cancer gene patent faces legal challenge
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/cancer-gene-patent-faces-legal-challenge-20100608-xriy.html
Biotech industry warns about legal challenge
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| ELEANOR HALL: Australia's biotechnology
| industry is warning that the court challenge
| being launched today against the patenting of
| human genetic material could kill off
| investment in the industry.
|
| Lawyers have begun legal action against four
| biotechnology companies, which co-own the
| patent to the breast cancer gene.
|
| They say companies shouldn't have the right
| to commercialise the human body.
|
| But representatives of the biotechnology
| industry say the landmark legal case could
| stifle innovation and investment in important
| medical research.
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http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2921333.htm
Think Gene Patents Are Controversial Now? Just Wait
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| Of course, the $1,000 genome is likely
| years away, and those who favor exclusive
| patents on diagnostics say theyâre
| necessary for companies to make their money
| back on research and development.
|
| But exclusive patents may already be
| keeping some patients in the dark, the WSJ
| article says. It describes a new method of
| genetic testing called chromosomal
| microarrays that can pick up chromosomal
| abnormalities in the genome. Whatâs a
| doctor to do if that kind of analysis
| encompasses a gene thatâs already patented
| â tell the patient or stick to the letter
| of the law?
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http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2010/04/14/think-gene-patents-are-controversial-now-just-wait/
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