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...University wants exclusive rights in Canada to market mice that are genetically engineered to develop cancer. Harvard got a U.S. patent for "oncomice"--the first patent for any animal--in 1988, but its Canadian patent application has faced strong government opposition...
Although the Canadian patent means little financially for Harvard or DuPont, it has become a landmark case in Canadian patent...
...issue is the heart of the patent code: the definition of the word "invention" itself...
...think the court...erred in determining that these non-human mammals could be considered a 'composition of matter' within the terms of the Patent Act," said Rick Woyiwada, the government laywer on the case. "Similarly, we think they erred in determining that the non-human mammals can be considered an invention...
...Instead, Roussel-UCLAF, which holds the pill's 20-year-old patent, granted sole American distribution rights to the Population Council, a nonprofit organization specializing in reproductive issues, with the understanding the group would conduct clinical trials and find a manufacturer for the drug. And after six years of research and more than a few last-minute panic attacks from would-be manufacturing companies, the moment has arrived. The Population Council concluded a hugely successful drug trial in which 92 percent of the participants achieved successful medical abortions - the remaining 8 percent required surgical intervention to complete the procedure. Within...