Human Gene Patents: The Uncertain Legal Landscape in Canada and the Impact on Genetic Testing
A. From Collaboration to Monopolization In 1988, a small group of researchers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, France and the Netherlands joined forces to identify the gene(s) associated with predisposition to early-onset breast cancer.[1] The medical community had observed that certain families have a higher incidence of this disease than the general […]
Following Suit with the Lawsuits: ANI Sues OpenAI Over AI Ingestion Issues
I stumbled across this article regarding the Indian news agency ANI who, like similar news and media entities in other jurisdictions, also sued OpenAI for unauthorized use of their news content for training ChatGPT, but this time in a New Delhi Court. Fair dealing also exists in The Copyright Act of India although the enumerated […]