Authority: Supreme Court (USA)

Date: 06/13/2013

Subject: The Supreme Court found that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated. At the same time, the Court found that a synthetic or man-made DNA molecule is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring

Parties: Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Right to property

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