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WIPO unveils course on genetic resources in the life sciences
The World Intellectual Property Office has launched a course on IP and genetic resources in the life sciences.
Fed Circ. affirms Stanford genetics patent rejection
The Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision denying Stanford University a patent application for calculating parent genes.
Fed Circuit rejects Stanford Uni’s ‘abstract’ genetics patent
Stanford University can’t patent a genetic testing method as it is based on “abstract mathematical calculations”, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled.
Zebrafish start-up secures CRISPR licence
ERS Genomics has agreed to license CRISPR-Cas9 technology to a Barcelona-based start-up which uses a zebrafish-based research model.
Illumina wins PTAB appeal over Columbia DNA patents
Biotech company Illumina has won a dispute with Columbia University, after the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit backed an earlier ruling that the university’s DNA-sequencing patents were invalid.
Roche urges SCOTUS to cancel Illumina patent win
Roche has asked the US Supreme Court to declare that methods of separating DNA are not patent-eligible.
Ravgen and Myriad in patent dispute over DNA testing tech
Biotechnology company Ravgen has accused Myriad Genetics and Myriad Women’s Health of infringing two patents covering non-invasive DNA testing technology.
Eli Lilly seals $1bn genetics deal
Eli Lilly is expanding its genetics business with the $880 million purchase of Prevail Therapeutics, in a deal that could rise to more than $1 billion.
Illumina, Roche accused of infringing genetic testing patents
Pharmaceutical companies Illumina and Roche have been sued for allegedly infringing two patents covering the technology for non-invasive DNA testing by Maryland genetic testing company Ravgen.
Abbott must face HIV testing patent suit, rules judge
Abbott Laboratories must face allegations brought by Grifols Diagnostic and a Novartis subsidiary that its HIV testing products infringe a patent covering a method to create HIV proteins using recombinant DNA.
