The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California invalidated several dietary supplement product and method patents as being directed to ineligible subject matter, even though they claimed products providing a certain dose or combination of ingredients, or methods using the products. The decisions were rendered in the context of a motion to dismiss … Continue reading this entry
Tags: Natural Phenomenon, Product Of Nature
Myriad and the ACLU filed their supplemental briefs in the remand of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (the ACLU “gene patenting”/BRCA1 case), addressing the Federal Circuit’s question as to the applicability of the Supreme Court’s decision in Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc. to the patent eligibility of Myriad’s isolated DNA … Continue reading this entry
Tags: ACLU, BRCA, Breast Cancer, Myriad, Natural Phenomenon, Patent Eligibility, Product Of Nature
The briefs in the remand of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (the ACLU “gene patenting”/BRCAI case) were due last Friday, June 15, 2012. While the views of the parties and other amici may be of interest to the Federal Circuit, I am particularly interested in the position taken in the U.S. Department of … Continue reading this entry
Tags: Amicus Brief, Mayo, Myriad, Natural Phenomenon, Product Of Nature, Prometheus
Last Wednesday I attended an excellent roundtable on Prometheus hosted by The George Washington University Law School and The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The roundtable was moderated by Hans Sauer of BIO and John M. Whealan of GW Law, and the panelists included The Honorable Paul R. Michel, intellectual property law professors, industry representatives, and practitioners (including my … Continue reading this entry
Tags: Method Claim, Natural Phenomenon, Patent Eligibility
I was honored to be invited by the Washington Legal Foundation to prepare a video commentary on the recent Supreme Court decision in Prometheus and its possible impact on the Myriad isolated DNA case for their Legally Brief series. Here’s what I had to say: WLF Legally Brief: Supreme Court Prometheus Patent Decision… Continue reading this entry
Tags: Myriad, Natural Phenomenon, Product Of Nature, Prometheus, Vlog
On July 29, 2011, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO, also known as the ACLU/Myriad “gene patenting” case. In a mixed decision, the court held that “isolated DNA” claims are patent-eligible under 35 USC § 101, but that the “comparing” or “analyzing” method claims are not. With a … Continue reading this entry
Tags: 101, Abstract Idea, ACLU, Association For Molecular Pathology, BRCA, Breast Cancer, DNA, Eligibility, Funk Brothers, Gene, Isolated, Method Claim, Myriad, Natural Phenomenon, Personalized Medicine, Prometheus, Standing, Transformation
On March 17, 2011, Mayo Collaborative Services filed a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, challenging the Federal Circuit’s December 2010 decision in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services. Mayo asserts that the case raises the question “whether a patentee can monopolize basic, natural biological relationships,” and urges the Court to decide … Continue reading this entry
Tags: Bilski, Eligibility, Machine, Mayo, Metabolite, Natural Phenomenon, Personalized Medicine, Prometheus, Transformation
The Federal Circuit decided for the second time that the personalized medicine claims at issue in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services satisfy the requirements for patent-eligibility set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 101, even under the Supreme Court's decision in Bilski v. Kappos. In so doing, the court followed a two-part analysis that provides a framework for analyzing other method claims that may raise similar issues.
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Tags: 101, Abstract Idea, ACLU, Association For Molecular Pathology, BRCA, Classen, Eligibility, Machine, Myriad, Natural Phenomenon, Personalized Medicine, Prometheus, Transformation, Utility
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