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Many scientists cheered last year when a federal judge ruled that human genes couldn’t be patented... But now the courts have reversed themselves again.
(includes a link to free Perl code to check the BRCA genes in a non-patent infringing way)
Many scientists cheered last year when a federal judge ruled that human genes couldn’t be patented. The case involved Myriad Genetics, which holds the patent rights on two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that are associated with increased risks for breast and ovarian cancer. Thanks to these patents, you can’t look these genes in your own body without paying a fee to Myriad. Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, that was the state of gene patents until last May, when judge Robert Sweet ruled that the Myriad’s patents were invalid.
But now the courts have reversed themselves again.
(includes a link to free Perl code to check the BRCA genes in a non-patent infringing way)
Oh, Dear God, Please intervene and cause these courts to have reason and understanding before a civil war erupts between reasonable intellectuals and the Luddites...
There is going to be such, a conflict between users of technology and corporate interests. These corporations want to charge us for each viewing of a movie, block competing technology from existing, force consumer lock-in, complete with a market for support industries, and basically control our lives. Given the alternatives, Google's market approach of giving away software in exchange for marketing data and merchant services is much more palatable... And yet they are the ones being demonized.
I think there must be a gene that causes people to value iPhone phones over Android phones. If someone could identify it, they could patent it. They could then sell it to Samsung for use in lawsuits against iPhone customers.
There's probably another gene that prevents some people from paying out ridiculous amounts of money for Apple products. Maybe another opportunity there.
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Oh, Dear God, Please intervene and cause these courts to have reason and understanding before a civil war erupts between reasonable intellectuals and the Luddites...
There is going to be such, a conflict between users of technology and corporate interests. These corporations want to charge us for each viewing of a movie, block competing technology from existing, force consumer lock-in, complete with a market for support industries, and basically control our lives. Given the alternatives, Google's market approach of giving away software in exchange for marketing data and merchant services is much more palatable... And yet they are the ones being demonized.