Breast Cancer Gene Lawsuit Argues Patents Invalid 294
bkuhn writes "The ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation have filed a lawsuit
charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and
ovarian cancer are unconstitutional and invalid. The
lawsuit (PDF) was filed
on behalf of four scientific organizations representing more than
150,000 geneticists, pathologists, and laboratory professionals, as well
as individual researchers, breast cancer and women's health groups, and
individual women. Individuals with certain mutations along these two
genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, are at a significantly higher risk for
developing hereditary breast and ovarian cancers."
Re:A sad day (Score:4, Funny)
New Business Model (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't understand it. (Score:3, Funny)
Monsanto sues God?
Re:New Business Model (Score:3, Funny)
Patent a gene and then sue anyone who has it. Even better would be to copyright it and then get $700 per copy in the body.
Also, you could ban human reproduction as it involves unauthorized copying of copyrighted genes.
Re:I don't understand it. (Score:2, Funny)
God countersues - what a patent portfolio. Oh, wait, are there any lawyers in heaven?
Re:I don't understand it. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I don't understand it. (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, don't come to Slashdot and make some logical argument about the good side of gene patenting and how this might be a complex issue where the knee-jerk reaction of "patents are bad!" might not apply.
Before your little intellectual escapade, everyone was having a nice circle jerk criticizing the evils of human greed to try to make a buck based upon little knowledge and much angst.
Your kind of informed opinion isn't appreciated here!
Re:I don't understand it. (Score:1, Funny)