Stranger Than Fiction

April 13, 2007

The practice of patenting genes, which had largely faded from the headlines, has suddenly attracted a swarm of critics. The blitz includes an op-ed article in The New York Times by best-selling-novelist-turned-patent-gadfly Michael Crichton, a torrent of posts and comments on patent law blogs, and a disturbingly sweeping piece of intellectual property legislation. (Law.com)