The trouble started when an American woman placed an order with Korean biotech company RNL to create copies of her beloved late pitbull terrier named "Booger". A Texas company by the name of Start Licensing claims to own a patent that covers cloning a variety of animals including house pets and endangered species. California-based biotech company BioArts holds an exclusive license to Start Licensing's patent. They are currently holding an online auction to clone five dogs with a minimum bid of $100,000.
"In an interview with The Korea Times, Lou Hawthorne, chief executive of BioArts, said that the claims that the RNL could potentially block BioArts from cloning dogs using its patent from Seoul National University (SNU) would be a case of "the tail wagging the dog.''
"The claims in the Roslin patents relate to a method of cloning all mammals, not just sheep. Although the technique was first successful with sheep, the claims are not limited to sheep,'' he said."
US Firm to Sue Korean Dog Cloning Company
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