The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine, Amicus Curiae
Jeffrey A. Lamken, Counsel of Record
The Coalition for 21st Century Medicine represents diagnostic technology companies, clinical laboratories, researchers, physicians, venture capitalists, and patient advocacy groups that support continuous diagnostic invention. Jeffrey A. Lamken is a co-founder of the law form MoloLamken, where he specializes in complex civil and criminal litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 14, 2013. Section 101 of the Patent Act defines patentable subject matter as “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.” However, “laws of nature,…
