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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), long a favored forum for patent infringement disputes, has recently come under fire for duplicating the functions of the federal courts where patents disputes – often the same ones that are before the ITC – are litigated. In this panel, Professors Jorge L. Contreras, Michael Doane, and F. Scott Kieff will discuss the pros and cons of the ITC's patent jurisdiction and whether any changes are warranted in light of technology markets that are increasingly global in scope.Featuring:Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law & Director of the Program on Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of LawProf. Michael Doane, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Akron School of LawProf. F. Scott Kieff, Stevenson Bernard Professor, George Washington University Law School, and Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade CommissionModerator: Michael K. Friedland, Founding Partner, Friedland Cianfrani LLP--To register, click the link above.
Jorge L. Contreras is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah, specialising in Intellectual Property and Technology Law. He is the author of 150+ scholarly publications, alongside praised non-fiction books including “The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to determine who owns your DNA” (2021). This book explores the AMP vs Myriad Case, which was sparked by patents litigations on the breast cancer gene BRCA for diagnostics, and historically determined that naturally occuring genes cannot be patented. Timestamps [01:00] Fundamental Principles of Patenting [08:30] Novelty and Utility in Patenting [10:40] BRCA and the AMP vs Myriad Case [17:00] Ethics of gene patenting [23:30] The case for gene patents in biotech [28:15] Alternative intellectual property than patents [33:00] Gene patents on pandemic pathogens [38:00] Patents in a globalised world [44:00] Future challenges in biotech patents The Genome Defense Book Website : https://genomedefense.org A thought about the genome as a public good, like a shared universal truth contained in all life forms, and faithfully entrusted from one generation to the next **Whoever has seen the universe, whoever has beheld the fiery designs of the universe, cannot think in terms of one man** (Borges, The God's Script (La escritura del Dios))
This live audience special was filmed in our favorite bookstore Books & Books Coral Gables. We are super excited to share this story with you. We chat with author Jorge L. Contreras and champion lawyer Daniel B. Ravicher on the "The Genome Defense : Inside The Epic Legal Battle To Determine Who Owns Your Dna." The book covers the story of the people involved in one of America's historic legal cases that defended civil rights regarding DNA ownership. We have added the Q & A section at the end of the show. Stay tuned for more events coming soon! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/miami-lit-podcast/support
In this episode, Jorge L. Contreras, Professor of Law at the University of Utah College of Law, discusses his book "The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA," which is published by Algonquin Books. Contreras describes the landmark Supreme Court patent case Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics and explains why it was important. He recounts the story of the case and how he reported on it. And he reflects on what it can tell us about patent policy.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy, antitrust law and genetics law at the University of Utah. His scholarship has appeared in Science, Nature, NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and other leading journals. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions have been cited by news outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Washington Post.In his riveting new book, THE GENOME DEFENSE: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA (Algonquin Books: October 26, 2021), Jorge L. Contreras, one of the nation's foremost authorities on human genetics law, takes a deep dive into the case, recreating the gripping courtroom drama that unfolded and illuminating the many legal, ethical, and moral layers of the controversy, from the labs and boardrooms of biotech corporations to the protests against government regulation to the lives of the ordinary citizens at risk for cancer who stood the most to lose—or gain—from the outcome.www.genomedefense.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches in the areas of intellectual property, science policy, and genetics law. He has served on high-level government advisory committees and testified before Congress on patent law matters. His articles have appeared in Science, Nature, and leading law reviews; he has been featured on NPR, PRI, and BBC radio; and his opinions are cited in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and the Washington Post.
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The case Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576, was a case challenging the validity of gene patents in the United States, and few have explored the details of this case more thoroughly than attorney, professor, and author Jorge L. Contreras. His latest book The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal … Continue reading "326: Jorge L. Contreras | The Story Of The “AMP v. Myriad” Gene Patent Case In “The Genome Defense”" The post 326: Jorge L. Contreras | The Story Of The “AMP v. Myriad” Gene Patent Case In “The Genome Defense” appeared first on The Armen Show.
In this episode, I interview Law Professor Jorge Contreras about the past, present, and future of biotech companies patenting the human genome. Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy, antitrust law and genetics law at the University of Utah. His scholarship has appeared in Science, Nature, NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and other leading journals. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions have been cited by news outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Washington Post. He is the author of The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Control Who Owns Your DNA. You can buy the book, find out more about it, see primary documents relating to the legal battle, get further reading suggestions, or participate in discussions at https://genomedefense.org. 04:48 How many naturally occurring human gene patents are currently on the books? 09:04 What does it mean, in a practical sense, for a human gene to be patented? 16:36 When did the patenting of human genes start? 28:29 The global race to find the "breast cancer gene," first private company to patent a natural human gene 39:13 The legal battle to overturn the patenting of human genes 48:32 The solicitor general's bizarre cDNA vs gDNA compromise wins the day; Big Diagnostics hurt; Big Pharma survives 1:06:51 Do patents help or hurt innovation? 1:10:53 The C-word virus's genome would have been patented, but wasn't because of the 2013 Supreme Court decision; why the juices but not the virus can be patented 1:16:30 His role in the Open C-Word Pledge 1:23:16 Thinking about the future of widespread or even mandatory prophylactic gene therapy 1:33:31 What if a small number of companies race to engineer us into Microsoft-style or Apple-style operating systems and related ecosystems using prophylactic gene therapy? 1:38:41 Efforts to overturn the 2013 Supreme Court decision: all eyes on Congress for the next couple of years During this critical time where our freedom of health and freedom of speech is in imminent danger, and where tens of thousands of people are facing imminent job losses as the result of medical mandates, I am devoting my analytical skills full time toward the battle for health freedom. This includes working directly with lawyers in lawsuits over mandates, lockdowns, and the current standard of care, scientifically analyzing the safety, efficacy, and risks of mandated medical treatments and their alternatives as well as ways to mitigate their harms, publishing my findings in scientific journals and sharing them with you. It is my firm conviction that this is the most important gift I can offer the world right now, and I view this as a needed public service. I would be extremely grateful if you could support me during this time. At https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/support, you can purchase one of my information products in amounts ranging from $3 to $30, or take advantage of my consulting services for more. You can also make a purchase using one of my affiliate links to buy something you would have bought anyway at no extra cost to you. Finally, at https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/donate, you can make a donation in any amount. In a world increasingly dominated by censorship, we may have censored certain words in this video in order to protect the show and keep our community connected. To make sure we stay together as a community, please join my newsletter at chrismasterjohnphd.com/newsletter, where I can guarantee that I'll never deplatform myself. This interview was recorded during a Live Zoom recording, where members of the CMJ Masterpass sat in and submitted comments and questions in the live chat. If you would like to sit in on future interviews I conduct with the chance to contribute questions, sign up for the Masterpass at https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/masterpass and use the code INTERVIEW for 10% off the membership fee for as long as you remain a member. Masterpass members also have access to a transcript and to the uncensored video and audio. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe as well. Thank you for your support!
(12/16/21) When attorney Chris Hansen discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, tests they desperately needed—all because Myriad Genetics had patented BRCA genes, he sued them. In his new book The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA, attorney and human genetics expert Jorge L. Contreras tells the tale of how Hansen and his team of ACLU lawyers took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. Find out who owns the right to our own genetic code in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.
https://www.alainguillot.com/jorge-l-contreras/ Jorge L. Contreras is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah. His book is The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3DCEHvg
In conversation with Orly Lobel, author of You Don't Own Me: The Court Battles that Exposed Barbie's Dark Side Specializing in intellectual property and science policy, Jorge L. Contreras is a professor of law and ethics of human genetics at the University of Utah. His more than 100 scholarly articles have appeared in publications such as Science, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and Nature, and he has been featured on BBC Radio, NPR, and PRI, among other media outlets. A member of the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute, Contreras has served on several other high-level governmental, research, and legal boards. The Genome Defense follows the intense high-stakes courtroom fight undertaken by ACLU lawyers, activists, and scientists against biotech companies seeking to patent the very material that makes us who we are. Orly Lobel is the award-winning author of several books and numerous articles. She is the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and received her doctoral and law degrees from Harvard University. She is a prolific speaker, commentator, and scholar who travels the world lecturing about policy and industry. (recorded 11/18/2021)
This week Alice and Kim dig deep for nonfiction about things you find underground, plus share new nonfiction about sports, food, and history. Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Follow Up The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA by Jorge L. Contreras Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Nonfiction in the News 2021 Kirkus Prize Winners Announced [Book Riot] Scottie Pippen Takes Aim at Michael Jordan in New Book [New York Times] New Nonfiction Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in Americaby Mayukh Sen Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays Fell in a Hole Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness by Neil Swidey The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City by Jennifer Toth The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structuresby Roma Agrawal Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveriesby Sarah Albee Reading Now The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Mattersby Priya Parker Chanel's Riviera: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944by Anne de Courcy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is our genetic makeup part of our civil rights? Jorge L. Contreras teaches intellectual property, science policy and the law and ethics of genetics at the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a landmark case brought when the U.S. government issued patents to biotech companies to use human genes, and the field of human genetics law it created. His book is called “The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA.”
This week Kim and Alice talk about books by Arab women writers, plus new nonfiction about gene patents, colonialism in the 1860s, and medieval manuscripts. Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nonfiction in the News Instagram: Ijeoma Oluo's new newsletter Instagram: Bachelor Nation Publishes New Nonfiction The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts by Mary Wellesley The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World by Edward Shawcross Concepcion: An Immigrant Family's Fortunes by Albert Samaha Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA by Jorge L. Contreras Arab Women Writers Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World, edited by Zahra Hankir A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif Reading Now Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Battling COVID-19 takes a team of people. Jorge L. Contreras, professor of law at the University of Utah, looks into how some made a pledge to do so. Jorge L. Contreras teaches in the areas of intellectual property law, property law and genetics and the law. He has recently been named one of the University […]
Professor Jorge L. Contreras of the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law sits down with our Editor in Chief, Drew Padley, to discuss his recent law review article "Pledging Patents for the Public Good: Rise and Fall of the Eco-Patent Commons." His article was published in the Houston Law Review.Read the article here:Jorge L. Contreras, Pledging Patents for the Public Good: Rise and Fall of the Eco-Patent Commons, 57 Hous. L. Rev. 61 (2019).Special thanks to our sponsor, Vinson & Elkins.For more on the Houston Law Review, please visit houstonlawreview.orgTwitter | @HoustonLRevInstagram | @HoustonLRevFacebook | @HoustonLRevLinkedIn | The Houston Law ReviewSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=1e36b5f2829cd&mfid=1570127481732_1e36b5f2829cd#/checkout/openButton)
In this episode, Jorge L. Contreras, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, discusses his draft article "Sui-Genericide." Contreras begins by explaining the difference between trademarks and generic terms, and how generic terms relate to the public domain in copyright and patent. He discusses how "genericide" can turn strong trademarks into generic terms. But he observes that sometimes market participants want certain terms to be generic, even though they could qualify as trademarks, which he calls "sui-genericide." He explains why sui-genericide can be beneficial and how it may come into conflict with trademark doctrine. And he reflects on what sui-genericide can tell us about the concept of generic terms. Contreras is on Twitter at @contreraslegals.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On October 6, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission released the long-awaited results of its 6(b) study on patent assertion entities (PAEs). The study provides detailed information about the litigation and licensing activities by the approximately twenty companies the FTC ordered to submit data. The study does more than just describe this data, though. Given that PAEs' function in the innovation industries, the FTC also proposed a number of legislative and judicial recommendations concerning how patents are asserted against alleged infringers. Thus, the FTC's PAE study is an important part of the policy debates about patents, patent licensing, patent litigation, and the impact these have on the innovation economy. In this Teleforum, the panelists discussed the study findings and their reactions to the study and its policy proposals. -- Featuring: Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, Associate Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah; Prof. Kristen Osenga, Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law; and Ms. Laurie Self, Vice President and Counsel of Government Affairs, Qualcomm Incorporated. Moderator: Prof. Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Academic Programs and Senior Scholar of CPIP, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University.