In a Supreme Court test of whether a company can be granted a patent on the genes in the human body, a majority of the justices indicated during Monday's oral arguments that the court is likely to rule that a human gene can’t be patented. It would be one thing, several of the justices said during Monday’s oral arguments, for a company to seek a patent on a test for breast cancer that was developed...
High Court Signals Skepticism On Patenting Genes
Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News, NBC News
Mon, 04/15/2013 - 11:42am
Topics: biology genes patenting genes patents supreme court
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