UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
The patentability of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), small fragments of DNA that scientists use to identify genes, has been a topic of heated debate in intellectual property law and the scientific community. Much of the debate encompasses the far-reaching consequences of effectively placing control of thousands of ESTs into the hands of a few patent holders. In re Fisher, a recent Federal Circuit decision, was anticipated to settle the question of EST patentability, but may have failed to establish a decisive standard. A more workable standard calls for a clearer articulation of specific utility requirements as well as non-obviousness standards to determine EST patentability.
Recommended Citation
Joshua Kim,
Fisher of Genes: Patentability of Expressed Sequence Tags,
29 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 401
(2007).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol29/iss3/3
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