At 14:45 -0400 on 06/13/2013, John Gilmore wrote about Re: (OT?) Supreme Court rules human genes may not be patent:

The distinction  between DNA and cDNA is after all an important one,
akin to that between a generic garden gnome and a customized one
wearing a cap having a red tassle like that on a French sailor's cap.

John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Or the copyright definition of a derivative work. cDNA is a derivative work based on the original natural DNA.

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