Yep..in the USA.
And, they should have been illegal patents in the first place, so the law isn't always a guarantee that people won't misappropriate parts of me!
On 2 November 2016 02:52:48 GMT+00:00, Scott <synbiofablab@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Cathal,FYI, the US supreme court in a 9/0 decision invalidated all patents on human genes in 2010. Here is an awesome TED talk by Tania Simoncelli, one of the lawyers involved.https://www.ted.com/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_geneCheers,Scotthttp://www.opensciencenet.org
On Monday, October 17, 2016 at 12:21:35 AM UTC-7, Cathal Garvey wrote:Hey Alex,Really glad to finally see a DNA-seq company emerge that puts personal genetic ownership front-and-centre! I never went for 23andme because they started asserting ownership over genotypes, and even patented a few genes discovered from their customers.Does Genos have a customer-facing agreement revoking all moral or legal right to patent or otherwise assert intellectual "property" over their customers' DNA? I appreciate the plain-word pledge on the first page, but I'm thinking of something more clearly defined that can be a best-practice to lead the field.Thanks,
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