Authority: High Court (Australia)

Date: 10/07/2015

Subject: The order of the High Court of Australia reverting the former decision of the Federal Court of Australia, excluded the patent eligibility of the BRCA1 gene, because it was not included in the concept of “patentable invention”, according to section 18(1)(a) of the Patents Code 1990

Parties: [2015] HCA 35

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Intellectual property - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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