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Argument: Gene sequences can be discovered and mapped, but not invented
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David Koepsell. "The Case Against Gene Patents." Practicing Law Institute. June 13, 2009: [Gene patenting is "as 'inventive' as marking the boudaries of natural features, like mountains, on a map. It gives the mapmaker no right to the mountain, nor to preclude others from depicting that mountain."
