[NYCInfoLaw] Reading Group Wed Oct 28 at NYLS

[Joe Merante]

Hi Everyone,

We'll be hosting the next reading group at NYLS, details and readings
below.  Please rsvp to me.

Have a good weekend,

Joe

Reading Group - Wednesday, October 28, 7:15-9pm
Room W220, New York Law School, 185 West Broadway
Topic: Challenging the Breast Cancer Gene Patents
RSVP: Please rsvp to Joe Merante, merante.joe at gmail.com.  Pizza will be
served.

Overview of legal issues:
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/bits-and-bytes-brca-gene-patents.html

News coverage when the case was filed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/health/13patent.html?pagewanted=all<http://www.genomeweb.com/dxpgx/myriads-brca-patents-not-only-illegal-also-unconstitutional-aclu-lawsuit-alleges>

USPTO Utility Examination Guidelines addressing the patentability of genes
and gene-related inventions:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2001/week05/patutil.htm

Plaintiff's Memo in support of summary judgment:
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/freespeech/brca_08262009_memoinsupportof_motionforsummjudge.pdf

 Diamond v. Chakrabarty 447 U.S. 303 (1980):
http://supreme.justia.com/us/447/303/case.html


Extras:
Guide to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008:
http://www.geneticfairness.org/GINAPublication111008.pdf

USPTO's motion to dismiss the claims against them ("Plaintiffs lack standing
to sue the USPTO; there is no subject matter jurisdiction for their claim
against the USPTO; and sovereign immunity bars the action."):
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2009cv04515/345544/26/0.pdf

Plaintiffs' memo in opposition to the USPTO's motion to dismiss:
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/freespeech/brca_08262009_plaintiffs_memoinoppto_uspto.pdf

ACLU web page on the case, with links to court filings, news coverage, and
support statements:
http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/gen/brca.html


-- 
Joseph Merante
Student Research Fellow, NYLS IILP
3L, New York Law School
(c) 617-372-6540
(aim) joemerante82
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