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Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics

Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics

04/15/2013 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics

Clip: 4/15/2013 | 12m 49s

Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on whether a biotech company can patent a gene associated with cancer. Jeffrey Brown gets details from National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, plus viewpoints from Ellen Matloff of Yale Cancer Center, a plaintiff in the case, and Kevin Noonan, an intellectual property attorney.

04/15/2013 | Rating NR

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