The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Whole-Genome Sequencing v. Gene Patents: The Coming Showdown" on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 beginning at 2:00 PM (ET). The IPO webinar will address the question: when sequencing all or a portion of an individual's genome, are individual gene patents infringed upon by either the company providing the sequence, a company selling software to analyze the sequence, or the individual purchasing or requesting it? The webinar will also look at who the direct infringer would be, and whether someone would be liable for indirect infringement. The speakers include Patent Docs author Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Ned Israelsen of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP; and Ken Chahine of the University of Utah. The registration fee for the webinar is $100 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
Hot off the presses, a NY Times article where Feds say they don't think Genes should be patentable. Friend of Court brief filed in BRCA decision
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30drug.html?_r=2&hp
Posted by: bigredbruce | October 30, 2010 at 09:57 AM
big day in gene patenting, Kevin:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/business/30drug.html?_r=2&hp
That ought to provide some fodder for the seminar.
Posted by: David Koepsell | October 30, 2010 at 11:41 AM
The DOJ's recently-issued brief opposing gene patents, in tandem with the Myriad appeal, will likely alter the dynamics of these questions. Sounds like an interesting discussion, though.
http://www.generalpatent.com/media/videos/patent-suits
Posted by: patent litigation | November 02, 2010 at 12:09 AM