ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY v. USPTO

No. 09 Civ. 4515.

669 F.Supp.2d 365 (2009)

ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, by Christopher A. Hansen, Esq., Aden Fine, Esq., Lenora M. Lapidus, Esq., Sandra S. Park, Esq., Public Patent Foundation, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, by Daniel B. Ravicher, Esq., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, by Beth E. Goldman, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendant USPTO.

Jones Day, by Brian M. Poissant, Esq., Barry R. Satine, Esq., Laura A. Coruzzi, Esq., New York, NY, for Defendants Myriad Genetics and Directors of the University of Utah Research Foundation.


OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I. PRIOR PROCEEDINGS  ..............................................  370

  II. THE COMPLAINT AND THE AFFIDAVITS ................................  370

      A. The Plaintiffs ...............................................  370
      B. The Defendants ...............................................  376
      C. BRCA1 and BRCA2 ..........................................

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