Question

What is biopatent and its significance and examples

Answer 1

bio  patents is a biological patent is a patent on an invention in the field of biology that by law allows the patent holder to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing the protected invention for a limited period of time. example : February 2013, Judge [Justice John Nicholas] ruled in the Federal Court of Australia in favour of a Myriad Genetics patent on the BRCA1 gene.This was a landmark ruling, affirming the validity of patents on naturally occurring DNA sequences. However, the U.S. Supreme Court came to the opposite conclusion only a few months later. The Australian ruling has been appealed to the Full Bench of the Federal Court; submissions in the case include consideration of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.This decision was decided in 2014, affirming Nicholas J's decision in favor of Myriad, confirming that isolated genetic material (genes) are valid subjects of patents.As of June 2015 the case was pending hearing in the High Court of Australia.[6]In October 2015 the Australian high court ruled that naturally occurring genes cannot be patented.