However, this ruling is merely the beginning of a lengthy legal battle, with similar suits likely to pop up around the country targeting other gene patents, and with an appeal in the works.
Legal aid for privacy and libel suits is provided in France (home to some of the world's toughest press laws) : is that really what British editors want?
The American environmental citizen suits provisions, as a public welfare legal regime, have been well known in China's academia but the research of its restraining clauses remains superficial.