Prof. Cotter Quoted in Mpls. St. Paul Business Journal on Patentability of Therapeutic Methods

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal quoted Professor Thomas Cotter in a story titled "Supreme Court Sends Mayo Patent Fight Back to Appellate Court." The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Bilski v. Kappos and its implications for an ongoing dispute involving the patentability of a method for treating gastrointestinal disease. Cotter stated that the Court's opinion does not provide much guidance on whether an idea is too abstract to patent, and predicted that the Supreme Court might take up the question of the patentability of therapeutic and diagnostic methods in the near future.