Biotech incites outcry; public policy debates arise over human-animal hybrid patents and germline gene therapy

Article Abstract:

Two schools of thought have emerged since the US Supreme Court held in the 1970s that living microorganisms could be patented, the one focusing on the economic growth of this new industry and on the potential of biotechnology as a source of new drugs, and the other representing public concern about the patenting of transgenic animals, plants and human cell lines. How these schools interact may affect the future of biomedical research. Among other patent law developments are the establishment of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and international agreements designed to strengthen intellectual property rights.

Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Intellectual property

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O'Hagan may impede other SEC cases; must the SEC now prove use of inside information

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The issue of U.S. v. O'Hagan is whether the mere possession of material inside information without proof of its use makes the inside trading illegal. According to the SEC, the scienter requirement means merely that corporate insiders are liable under the anti-fraud provisions for knowledge that information they have is nonpublic and material.

Cases, Evidence (Law), Insider trading in securities, Insider trading (Securities)

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