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^ The law has not been enforced.
In a recent test case bio-tech firm lost its patents for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes - used in the screening for breast cancer.
The District Court said "products of nature can not be patented".
It was the first time the validity of gene-patents had been established in the US.
However, the case has gone to appeal, and will likely hit the Supreme Court before a final ruling - the omens for "gene patenting" do not look good for the bio-tech firms.
It is the nature of the US/UK adversarial style litigation sytem that first need you need test cases before the law in these "grey" areas can be clarified - before going into litigation.
Of course the US Patent and Trademark Office will grant patents for virtually anything until/unless they are opposed or overturned in court, but this is explicitly happening in many cases of "gene patenting" around the world.
We await the verdict of the appeals court on the Myriad test case.
- bio-tech firm Myriad*Khurram
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