Harvard, Time Warner, Toys ‘R’ Us: Intellectual Property

In a case involving the OncoMouse, a rodent genetically modified to contain a cancer-causing gene that can be inherited, Harvard College and its licensee sued the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In the complaint filed Sept. 14 in federal court in Alexandra, Virginia, Harvard has asked the court to review the patent office’s refusal to consider additional claims to patent 5,925,803, which covers a testing method using transgenic mice having the cancer-causing gene.