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Hatch-Waxman’S Renegades, John R. Thomas
Hatch-Waxman’S Renegades, John R. Thomas
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
No intellectual property rights impact society more forcefully than patents on pharmaceuticals. But as a practical matter, only a handful of jurists resolve disputes involving them. Two neighboring federal districts, Delaware and New Jersey, adjudicate the vast majority of patent contests between brand-name drug companies and generic manufacturers. And in contrast to Eastern Texas, which has been persistently derided as a renegade jurisdiction, the authority of the mid-Atlantic courts has seldom been questioned. The complex workings of the Hatch-Waxman Act, the compromise legislation that governs pharmaceutical patent litigation, go a long way to explaining such distinct shareholder reactions to highly …
Bill To Amend Title 35, U.S. Code, To Conform Certain Filing Provisions Within The Patent And Trademark Office, 109th Cong., Sept. 14, 2006 (Statement Of Statement Of John R. Thomas, Geo. U. L. Center), John R. Thomas
Testimony Before Congress
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