About time. I always thought that gene patents were dubious at best, if not nefarious. I don't buy the argument that isolating the DNA sequence outside of the cell means you own the right to the patent. That's simply ludicrous, no matter how much money was spent to sequence it. Now, if you wanted to patent the tools, process, etc. that you've developed to be able to sequence that string of DNA, then be my guest.

But in this case I totally agree with Judge Sweet that any given gene is a product of nature and may discovered by someone. However, a discovery is a far cry from an invention.

Read more from the New York Times here.

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