“Webinar: Patents on Life: Diamond v Chakrabarty at 40 (June 17, 1pm EDT), Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 1:00-2:30 PM (EDT). This webinar is free and open to the public. No advance registration is required. In June 1980, the US Supreme Court ruling in Diamond v Chakrabarty authorized the first patent on an intentionally genetically modified organism and concluded that patents may be granted for ‘anything under the sun that is made by man’. The decision contributed to the rise of the modern biotechnology industry and reshaped the agriculture industry …” (more)
[Legal History Blog, 12 June]
First posted 2020-06-13 05:22:14
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