Alex Gloor is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School

Doctors, cancer patients and virtually the entire biotech industry are joined in celebration after a District Court ruling in New York invalidated two important patents on gene sequences held by Myriad Genetics. The basis of the invalidity holding is that naturally occurring gene sequences, popularly coined as “isolated DNA” as a means to confer patentability, is essentially “the physical embodiment of biological information” and thus does not constitute patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101.

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Alex Gloor is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

North of the Border we are quite familiar with the patent application brought by online retailer Amazon.com for its one-click ordering system. This application was rejected in Canada as being directed towards unpatentable subject matter. However, in the United States a modified version of its American counterpart has recently been upheld upon re-examination by the USPTO.

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Alexander Gloor is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Fashion powerhouse Louis Vuitton has sued car maker Hyundai for trademark infringement stemming from a Super Bowl advertisement. Before reading on, try and spot the alleged infringement. If you paid attention, you may have noticed the design on the basketball, appearing for all of one second in the spot.

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Nathan Fan, Melanie Larock, Stuart Freen, Joanna Vatavu and Alex Gloor comprised the 2010 Harold G. Fox Moot team for Osgoode Hall. 

Yes, this is the third post on the 2010 Harold G. Fox Moot in the last three weeks. Yes, it will likely be the last one until next year. Still, as a team that was fortunate enough to experience this wonderful weekend we felt that we could lend a different perspective on the topic, and perhaps get a few words of thanks in along the way.

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