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The "Progress Clause": An Empirical Analysis Based On The Constitutional Foundation Of Patent Law, Lori Andrews
The "Progress Clause": An Empirical Analysis Based On The Constitutional Foundation Of Patent Law, Lori Andrews
Lori B. Andrews
When the Founding Fathers promulgated the Progress Clause of the U.S. Constitution, they recognized the potential for certain types of patents to impede rather than promote innovation. The drafting of the Patent Act and its interpretation by the U.S. Supreme Court similarly recognized that abstract ideas, laws of nature, and products of nature do not represent patentable inventions and that innovation requires that these tools be available to all researchers. In three recent cases, the Supreme Court has revisited the Progress Clause. Its most recent case on the issue, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., raises not …
Who Owns Your Body? A Study In Literature And Law, Lori B. Andrews
Who Owns Your Body? A Study In Literature And Law, Lori B. Andrews
Lori B. Andrews
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Dna Inside, Lori B. Andrews
Dna Inside, Lori B. Andrews
Lori B. Andrews
DNA computers may help scientists overcome the limitations of silicon-based machines, leading to new nano-scale products as well as smart drugs that adjust to their biological environment.
Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton
Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton
Lori B. Andrews
A number of advances have recently taken place in influenza virus genomics research, due largely to an extensive genome sequencing project and widespread access to these sequences. If a pandemic virus emerges, whether it is a reassorted A/H5N1 strain or another zoonosis, it is essential that access to information about its genetic sequence is not restricted through intellectual property claims. Products of nature are not patentable inventions, according to US code and the US Supreme Court, and naturally occurring genetic sequences should not be eligible for patenting. Viral genetic sequences represent natural information upon which diagnostics and preventions are necessarily …