Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by Spider » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:23 pm
To play devils advocate, we can actually manufacture DNA at the molecular level, now. Not just alter it or snip it and splice it how we like. Literally whip it up from scratch. So it may not be naturally occurring at all. It may be a distinct bit of code that can be used as a treatment or even an entirely new organism.
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by The Dude » Thu Jun 13, 2013 11:33 pm
My understanding is you can patent synthetic DNA and I'm having a hard time understanding why you shouldn't (given our patent laws of course) have that ability.
I agree against patenting actual DNA.
I agree against patenting actual DNA.
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by Stratego » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:12 am
Imagine if we remove all the skeuomorphs from the human DNA so we can get rid of all the useless organs from the human body.
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by John Galt » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:13 pm
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by Medius » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:16 pm
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by John Galt » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:29 pm
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Re: Supreme Court: Some DNA can be Patented
by Stratego » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:35 pm
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