Taking Stock After Gene Patents Are Invalidated - NYTimes.com
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/business/31gene.html
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Many biotechnology stocks fell on Tuesday as investors struggled to understand the impact of a ruling that threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question thousands more.
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jubal
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All I can say is that the idea of patenting things in nature is a legal starry dasis; settled law.
The decision was the right one.
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jubal
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csmonut
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While I am not really up on gene and DNA patents, it amazes me that anyone can legally patent a human, as genes and DNA is what makes us.
We only think we own ourselves until we find out if it isn't the IRS, it's the damn pharmacuticals.
Welcome to the future. - 2 years ago
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csmonut
