Comments on: Hey, That’s My Patent! Biotech Brouhaha Erupts Over Cloning Dogs

By: Utah Patent Lawyers

Utah Patent Lawyers — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:35:23 +0000

I’m interested to hear the follow up. Also, it seems pretty far fetched to think that BioArts paid the funds to wrap up all the patentable countries.

Ok. Bad pun, but it was fun.

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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:29:00 +0000

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By: Biotech Company Selects World’s Worthiest Dog, and Wants to Clone it | Discoblog | Discover Magazine

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:47:22 +0000

[...] last time we wrote about BioArts, the California-based biotech company was threatening action against a South Korean competitor over what BioArts says was patent infringement on its dog-cloning [...]

By: Utah Patent Attorney

Utah Patent Attorney — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:36:32 +0000

The US Patent and Trademark Office is 1.5 million applications behind and counting. The supervisors at the USPTO work from home (!!!). Something needs to be done. Somebody please appoint somebody who will fix this problem.

By: tkv001

tkv001 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:20:58 +0000

If patent rights can’t be upheld around the world then there would truly be chaos in the market. Companies invest millions of dollars in developing new technology. The only way they can often recoup that money is to have the protection that no one else will copy the technology they paid for. This is not a question of what ‘dump American’s get for trying to make a fast buck.’ BioArts paid a significant amount of money to license the patents. Why should a Korean company (or any other company for that matter) get to take advantage of expensive technology and patents without paying for it also? Can Americans or Europeans or Chinese or anyone else just start copying technology developed by Korean companies like LG, Samsung and Hyundai? Patent rights must be protected around the world. If Korea expects to be treated like a developed nation, then it must play by the developed nations’ intellectual property laws.

By: robert2008

robert2008 — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:54:37 +0000

Koreans are smart. They will change a few things and patent their own cloning process.
That’s what the dumb American gets for trying to make a fast buck!