- Eileen Kane: "There is a fair chance that the Court could side with the 2010 district court opinion, which found that the "claimed isolated DNA is not markedly different from native DNA as it exists in nature."
- Kevin Noonan: "The decision [granting cert] is unsurprising in view of the (relative) specificity of the question presented and the overwhelmingly one-sided nature of the amicus briefing."
- Rob Harrison: "It was a bit of a roller coaster day for US biotech Myriad Genetics as it share price plunged 9% on news that the US Supreme Court would be reviewing it '782 patent directed towards the BRACA1 and BRCA2 genes."
- Julie Samuels: Myriad's Dangerous Patents and their Negative Impact on Women's Health
- John Conley and Dan Vorhaus: "[A]ll we know for certain is that four justices (the minimum number needed to grant certiorari in any case) have something that they want to say about the matter."