The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Amicus Curiae
Kurt G. Calia, Counsel of Record
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America represents the Nation’s largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Kurt G. Calia is a partner with the law firm Covington & Burling, where he specializes in patent litigation, intellectual property, and life sciences law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 14, 2013. Human genes as they exist in the body are not patentable. But the patents at issue do not claim human genes as they exist in the body. Instead, the patents at issue claim isolated DNA molecules. This is…
