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...legislation passed last week, the House Judiciary Committee decided not to include special exemptions for university researchers from patent laws regulating genetically-altered animals because the courts already provide such protection...
Sponsored by Rep. Robert W. Kastenmeier (D-Wis.), the legislation originally would have enabled university researchers and small farmers to freely use patented animals for noncommercial purposes without having to fear lawsuits for patent infringement...
Since the dramatic announcement of Leder's patent in April, the House has been struggling to come to grips with the ramifications of the patenting of animals...
Last month, a bill sponsored by Rep. Charles Rose (D-N.C.), which would have imposed a two-year moratorium on animal patenting and revoked the Harvard patent, was defeated by the House Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice...
...different version of the Rose bill will be offered as an amendment today by Rep. Bruce Morrison (D-Conn.) which would delay the granting of animal patents until a federal regulatory agency is set up with the jurisdiction over such patenting. The Morrison amendment, however, would keep Leder's patent intact...