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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Consumer Watchdog v. WARF

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No. 14A162

Title:

Consumer Watchdog, Applicant

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Docketed:

August 7, 2014

Lower Ct:

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Case Nos.:

(2013-1377)

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 5 2014	Application (14A162) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 2, 2014 to October 31, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Aug 8 2014	Application (14A162) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until October 31, 2014.

~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~	~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Daniel B. Ravicher	Public Patent Foundation, Inc.	(212) 790-0442
Counsel of Record	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
	55 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901
	New York, NY 10003
Party name: Consumer Watchdog

Dolly Appeal

Dolly petition to the Supreme Court is now due in November.

They have 90 days from 8/12/14, or until November 10, 2014

From the CAFC docket:

08/12/2014

ORDER filed denying [36] petition for en banc rehearing filed by Roslin Institute (Edinburgh). By: En Banc (Per Curiam). Service as of this date by Clerk of Court. [174437]

Latest on Dolly the sheep case:

An email exchange:

Dear Arthur,

Thank you for your enquiry. The Roslin Institute is not involved in this case or its appeals, although we understand that we have been named (wrongly) in the case.

We no longer undertake cloning work of the kind that created Dolly the sheep, although we do have an ongoing transgenic animal research programme whereby we are developing methods to genetically engineer farm animals, including sheep, pigs and chickens for a range of purposes.

Best wishes,
Nicola

Dr Nicola Stock
Public Engagement Officer

The Roslin Institute
University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
0131 651 9100
nicola.stock@roslin.ed.ac.uk
www.roslin.ed.ac.uk

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Gershman [mailto:art.gershman@verizon.net]
Sent: 01 September 2014 21:29
To: STOCK Nicola
Subject: Dolly

Dear Dr. Stock,
Could you please tell me if the Institute is petitioning the US Supreme Court in the Dolly case?
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Arthur Gershman
RN 27,035 (USPTO)

According to court papers, the real party in interest in the case is:

Viagen

which is owned by:

Trans Ova Genetics

Keep tuned for more details

Saturday, July 5, 2014

USA Today Report on face book

USA Today report:

Friday, July 4, 2014

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

face book and patents on genes

Today, Kojo Nnamdi's show was all about face book's misbehavior in experimenting on their customers by posting sad or happy items to see how it could influence their moods.

The experiments were reported in the NYT.

Needless to say, this practice has terrifying implications. You don't need much imagination to see how depressives could be pushed towards suicide, or bipolars would be driven to psychotic episodes. The conversation got around to the IRB, Independent Review Board, required for any psychologist who wants to experiment on human subjects. This is exactly the kind of thing I discussed in "Other Peoples Bodies." See page 80, or watch the video at t=1 hour.

Also as I predicted in the book, we now see a plethora of litigation on patents on genes.

Congress should act now to incorporate an IRB in the Patent Office, to review all patents on genes!

BTW, this is my 100th post, so I tried to make it a doozy. Please comment if you agree or disagree.