Category: Patent Law (3)
StemCellPatents Violate Human Dignity
Research Triangle Park, NC - We at stemcellpatents.com usually stick to scientific and sometimes patent law issues when we write this news section. However, a recent publication (Resnik. Embryonic Stem Cell Patents and Human Dignity. Health Care Anal. 2007 Sep;15(3):211-222. Epub 2007 Mar 29) on stem cell ethics made us discuss a topic that we usually don't touch upon: Ethics of patenting...
Obviousness in Biotechnology
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The case of KSR v Teleflex addressess the issue of obviousness, which is fundamental for the biotech industry in general, and especially for companies operating in the area of stem cells. This video clip overviews some aspects of the case. More details can be found in the StemCellPatents.com Journal Article entitled
Oral Arguments for Obviousness
The issue of what improvements to existing technologies are "non-obvious" and therefore deserve awarding of patents is critical for those of us involved in biotechnology. Oral arguments for the first Supreme Court Case in more than 30 years examining this issue, KSR v Teleflex, were heard...
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