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A superb lesson on patents in general and the grotesque American patent system in particular. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Brings the large cast of case participants to life with vivid prose, and the exciting final spectacle before the Supreme Court is heart-pumping...A thorough page-turner. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Contreras give us front-row-seat access, deft character sketches, and crystal-clear explanations of law and science. -- Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Engineering Eden It's almost like reading a legal thriller. -- Professor Mark A. Lemley, director, Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology

A gripping and important tale of how corporations were patenting our own genes and selling them back to us. Contreras give us front-row-seat access, deft character sketches and crystal-clear explanations of law and science. --Jordan Fisher Smith, author of Engineering Eden A remarkable, fast-paced read. Contreras tells the behind-the-scenes story of how the Supreme Court stopped the patenting of the human genome. He does it in such an engaging style that it's almost like reading a legal thriller. --Professor Mark A. Lemley, Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology Remarkable. Contreras manages to make a book about the lawsuit that ended gene patenting in America read like a thriller. This book will not only inform you and stir your moral outrage, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. --Ayelet Waldman, author of A Really Good Day The Genome Defense provides an incomparable perspective on a landmark Supreme Court case, and it is a testament to the importance of intellectual property law to humanity's prosperity. --Jessica Silbey, author of The Eureka Myth: Creators, Innovators, and Everyday Intellectual Property Both a page-turner full of colorful characters and a profound commentary about how corporate giants use the law to monopolize knowledge--and what we can do about it. --Orly Lobel, author of You Don't Own Me: The Court Battles that Exposed Barbie's Dark Side

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Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy and the law and ethics of genetics at the University of Utah, and has served on high-level governmental advisory committees. His articles have appeared in Science, Nature, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, among others. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions are cited in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, andthe Washington Post. Kaleo Griffith is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator and classically trained actor. He graduated cum laude from Franklin Pierce University with a BA in theater, holds an MFA in acting from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has appeared in such television series as Law & Order and Reggie's Family & Friends, among others.

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