http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/supreme-court-remands-aclu-gene-patenting-case-to-appeals-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/supreme-court-remands-aclu-gene-patenting-case-to-appeals-court/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:05:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129647 enewspf.com: The U.S. Supreme Court today set aside a ruling that allowed a company to patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer and limit access to potentially life-saving genetic tests for at-risk women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/27/supreme-court-remands-aclu-gene-patenting-case-to-appeals-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/gene-patent-in-cancer-test-upheld-by-federal-appeals-panel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/gene-patent-in-cancer-test-upheld-by-federal-appeals-panel/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:30:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109521 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/gene-patent-in-cancer-test-upheld-by-federal-appeals-panel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/obama-admin-no-patent-on-human-genes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/obama-admin-no-patent-on-human-genes/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:06:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79457 writing at SCOTUSblog: "Drawing a sharp distinction between 'nature’s handiwork' and human invention, the Obama Administration has urged a federal appeals court to rule that no U.S. patent can be issued to give sole rights to a natural gene taken out of the body and used for medical research. The stance is directly contrary to long-standing government policy. The issue almost surely is headed ultimately to the Supreme Court." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/obama-admin-no-patent-on-human-genes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/the-case-against-gene-patents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/the-case-against-gene-patents/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:20:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/the-case-against-gene-patents/ Wall Street Journal full access via Google News: "Genetic sequences are naturally occurring things, not inventions. No company should be allowed to monopolize research on them." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/the-case-against-gene-patents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/law-of-nature-or-invention-court-mulls-patentability-of-genes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/law-of-nature-or-invention-court-mulls-patentability-of-genes/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:02:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50781 Law.com (NY Law Journal): "The case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 09-civ-4515, centers on whether genes, once separated from the lengthy DNA sequence, are sufficiently "new and useful" to be deemed patentable under federal patent law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/law-of-nature-or-invention-court-mulls-patentability-of-genes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/04/judge-allows-constitutional-challenge-to-human-gene-patents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/04/judge-allows-constitutional-challenge-to-human-gene-patents/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:45:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41308 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/04/judge-allows-constitutional-challenge-to-human-gene-patents/feed/ 0