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Intellectual Property

Apr. 6, 2001

Man or Nature?

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review the patentability of seeds and other living things.

        By Jeffrey F. Craft
        
        When Congress established the statutory scheme governing the U.S. patent laws, last codified in 1952, it had to make a number of fundamental decisions based on public policy. A recent grant of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court gives the court the opportunity to consider at least two of th...

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