D’Arcy v. Myriad Genetics: A Demand for the “Made” or “Non-Information” and Clear Subject Matter?

• Published in: IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 537 - 568
• Main Author: Lai, Jessica C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Intellectual Property; IT Law; Law; Law and Criminology; Media Law; Patent-eligible subject matter; Information-chemical dichotomy; Myriad genetics; Australia; Gene patents; US

In October 2015, the High Court of Australia (HCA) handed down D’Arcy v. Myriad Genetics and overturned the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia by holding that key product claims from Myriad Genetics’ BRCA1 gene patent did not constitute manners of manufacture. Two years earlier, the Suprem...