Sotomayor: What's the difference?
On Monday April 15 oral arguments were heard at the US Supreme Court concerning gene patents. This link takes you to the transcript of the oral arguments conducted during that session, prior to the decision which will issue in the next several months.
A key exchange for me is the question asked by Justice Sotomayor of Myriad's lawyer in reference to some of the challenged patent claims (see page 56):
So what's the difference? I mean, if you cut off a piece of the whole in the kidney or liver, you're saying that's not patentable, but you take a gene and snip off a piece, that is? What's the difference between the two--
On Monday April 15 oral arguments were heard at the US Supreme Court concerning gene patents. This link takes you to the transcript of the oral arguments conducted during that session, prior to the decision which will issue in the next several months.
A key exchange for me is the question asked by Justice Sotomayor of Myriad's lawyer in reference to some of the challenged patent claims (see page 56):
So what's the difference? I mean, if you cut off a piece of the whole in the kidney or liver, you're saying that's not patentable, but you take a gene and snip off a piece, that is? What's the difference between the two--
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