打开基因技术专利之门的案例——对Diamond v.Chakrabarty案的剖析

The Case of Opening the Door for Gene-related Technologies:analysis of the case “Diamond v. Chakrabarty”

Diamondv.Chakrabarty案是美国专利法上里程碑式的案件,该案中美国最高法院所做出的判决打开了基因技术可被授予专利权的大门。通过介绍和分析该案件,对基因专利问题的发端进行了深入的剖析,并对基因专利问题带来的正负影响做了全面的分析。

The case ＂Diamond v. Chakrabarty＂ is a landmark case in the history of Patent Law of the United States. The US Supreme Court＇s decision in Diamond v. Chakrabarty opened the door for granting patents to gene - related inventions. To explain how the barrier for patenting genes is removed with the landmark case-Chakrabarty case, so the readers will know the very beginning of the problems for patenting genes. The positive and negative effects generated by patenting for genes are analyzed in details.