After a long wait, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Mayo v. Prometheus, an important intellectual property case for the biotechnology industry
In late October, the Court of Justice of the European
Union (CJEU) issued a judgment in the case of Brüstle v. Greenpeace, banning the issuance of patents for stem cells on ethical grounds.
The Sherley v. Sebelius lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge
after an appeals court found the government-backed research is probably lawful. In a related move, lawmakers in Congress have reintroduced legislation to
support hESC research.