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37 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 803 (2019)
Redefining Life: The Constitutional Implications of Patenting Immortality

handle is hein.journals/caelj37 and id is 839 raw text is: REDEFINING LIFE: THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF PATENTING IMMORTALITY* IN TRODU CTION ................................................................................. 804 I. INDEFINITE LIFESPAN: How WILL IT LOOK AND How WILL IT A FFECT H UM ANITY? .............................................................. 806 A. Recent Developments in Anti-Aging and Longevity E scap e Velocity .............................................................. 806 B. Distinguishing a Cure to Aging from Other Drugs and Therap ies ........................................................................ 809 II. PATENT LAW TODAY: PRIVILEGES, ABUSES, AND RESPONSE ....... 810 A. The Rights of Patent Holders and Requirements for P a ten ts ............................................................................ 8 10 B. The High Cost of Drug Development and Regulation ...... 811 C. Abuse of Drug Patents: High Prices and Price Gouging. 813 D. Medical Procedures: Different Regulations, Same Effects816 E. Drug Prices in Politics and How the Issues Are Addressed Tod ay .............................................................................. 8 18 III. CONSTITUTIONAL PATENT POWERS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS ..... 819 A. Patent Law in the Constitution ......................................... 819 B. How Valuable Is Life?: Due Process and the Right to Life820 C. Protection of Human Life in Patent Case Law ................. 822 D. The Impact of Patenting a Cure to Aging on Our Inalienable Right to Life ................................................. 824 IV. AN ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING WHETHER PATENT PROTECTION SHOULD BE GRANTED IN THE CURE TO A G IN G .................................................................................... 82 5 A. A Due Process Test as an Adequate Means of Addressing the R ight to L ife .............................................................. 826 B. The Modified Mathews Test .............................................. 827 C. Application of the Modified Mathews Test to the Cure to A g ing .............................................................................. 8 2 7 i. The Private Interests of Individuals in Their Right to L ife ............................................................................ 8 2 7 ii. The Interests of Inventors in Patent Protection .......... 829 Permission is hereby granted for noncommercial reproduction of this Note in whole or in part for education or research purposes, including the making of multiple copies for classroom use, subject only to the condition that the name of the author, a complete citation, and this copyright notice and grant of permission be included in all copies.

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