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High court throws out human gene patents of Utah company

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 11:40am

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers.

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Patent law in the United States continues to evolve

Tom Fehr Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:33pm

Patents have existed throughout the history of the United States because of their value. In Colonial America, inventions were safeguarded by the governing bodies of the colonies.

After independence but before the adoption of the Constitution, the protection of inventions was handled by the states.

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Are your intellectual, intangible creations worth protecting?

Tom Fehr Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 12:18am

Almost everyone diligently strives to protect their tangible property -- be that a home, a cherished automobile, a wedding ring or an almost limitless number of other objects. Whether the value of such property is sentimental, financial or both, the property is important to us.

A desire to maintain ownership of even intangible works we create seems inherent when we are in school. We desire credit for what we have accomplished academically, usually receiving that recognition in the form of praise or good grades. In a professional sense, inventors, novelists, playwrights, composers, musicians, actors and computer programmers, to name just a few, want to safeguard the ownership of their tangible and intangible property and to receive the rewards produced by the commercial use of such property.

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office battles to keep up

John Schmid Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 3:00am

atent applications on the Internet. And they can use the technology anywhere in the world, including in America, for free.

"American economic security is threatened in a way Congress has failed to recognize," Michel said.

The Patent Office is meant to act as steward of the nation's newest and most competitive technologies, granting protection to innovative new products so their developers can commercialize them.

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