Moore v. the Regents of the University of California: Balancing the Need for Biotechnology Innovation against the Right of Informed Consent
Maureen S. Dorney · bepress Legal Repository · 1990
The term "biotechnology" has been defined to include "any technique that uses living organisms (or parts of organisms) to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop micro-organisms for specific uses."OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, COMMERCIAL BIOTECHONOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS, U.S. CONG., PuB.No. OTA-BA-218, at 3 (1984).2. 51 Cal.3d 120, 793 P.2d 479, 271 Cal.Rptr.146 (1990), reh'g denied, Moore v.The Regents of the Univ. of California, No. S006987 (Cal.Supreme Ct.Aug. 30, 1990) (1990 CAL.LEXIS 3975, States library, Cal file).See infra Section III for a discussion of the facts and the procedural history of the case.3. The Appellate Court merely held that Mr. Moore had adequately stated a cause of action for conversion and remanded to the trial court for consideration of the remaining causes of action.Moore v.The Regents of the Univ. of California, 215 Cal.App.3d 709, 722, 249 Cal.Rptr.