The Supreme Court — a politically appointed gang of black-robed lawyers — is soon going to decide on one of the most contentious issues in medical science: Can human genes be patented, and to what technologies can those patents be extended to cover? The particular issue concerns one company, Myriad Genetics, and its claim to [...] View the full post at: The Company That Owns Your Genes Related posts: U.S. Patent Activity from 1883 to 2008 Software Giant Microsoft Ordered to Pay Uniloc $388M in Damages It’s Up to the Shareholders, Not the Government, to Demand Change at a Company