U.S. Supreme Court petitioned to review AMP, et al. lawsuit on gene patents
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 13:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a case that challenges the validity of patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.