Monday, September 3, 2012

Michael Crichton News 9/3/12


Gene Patents back in court

On March 26 the Supreme Court threw out the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals 2011 decision upholding gene patents in the case Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. The case was sent back to the lower court for a do-over, with instructions to review the case in consideration of the Supreme Court’s decision in the March 20 case Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. Analysis, which held restrictions on genetic patents.

On August 16, the Federal Circuit Court again upheld gene patents, with the vote going along the same 2-1 lines as in the 2011 decision. Now we’ll have to see if the case goes back to the Supreme Court.

(Thank you, John, for keeping me up to date on this case!)

Remake of Coma

A new TV remake of the 1978 Crichton film Coma will air in two parts—Monday Sept. 3 (tonight) and Tuesday Sept. 4. Based on the novel by Robin Cook, Michael Crichton wrote the screenplay and directed the original film.

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