| LabCorp v. Metabolite Laboratories: The Supreme Court listens, but declines to speak. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 18315767 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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In the United States, a longstanding legal rule exists against patenting natural phenomena. The Supreme Court recently had an opportunity to help define the boundaries and clarify the implications of this "natural phenomenon doctrine" in Laboratory Corporation of America v. Metabolite Labs., dismissed as improvidently granted. This article argues that the natural phenomenon doctrine renders both the patent claim at issue in LabCorp, and the patents that directly or indirectly claim biological correlations between genotypes and medical phenotypes, invalid or unenforceable under U.S. patent law. |
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Authors:
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Roger D Klein; Maurice J Mahoney |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Legal Cases |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Volume: 36 ISSN: 1073-1105 ISO Abbreviation: J Law Med Ethics Publication Date: 2008 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-03-04 Completed Date: 2008-06-11 Revised Date: 2009-11-19 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9315583 Medline TA: J Law Med Ethics Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 141-9, 4 Citation Subset: T |
Affiliation:
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Yale University School of Medicine, USA. |
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Chemistry, Analytic
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legislation & jurisprudence* Folic Acid Deficiency / diagnosis* Genetic Testing / legislation & jurisprudence* Homocysteine / blood Humans Patents as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence* Supreme Court Decisions United States Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / diagnosis* |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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454-28-4/Homocysteine |
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