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SCOTUS To Hear Patentable Thought Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-out-of-my-head dept.

skayell writes "The Supreme Court of the United States will hear a landmark patent case involving whether or not thoughts and relationships are patentable. Michael Crichton's essay in the New York Times attempts a thoughtful summary of Metabolite's primary assertion: they not only own the connection between homocysteine levels in the blood and vitamin B12 deficiency, but also any thought connecting the two."

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  1. Mod parent, please by Raul654 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Damn! I'm out of mod points. Someone please mod parent up.

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