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A Two-Front Assault On The Stem Cell Patents, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 501 (2007), Dillon Beardsley
A Two-Front Assault On The Stem Cell Patents, 6 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 501 (2007), Dillon Beardsley
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
The recent establishment of human embryonic stem cell lines has inspired a new revolution in therapeutic treatments and cures for injuries or disease. Individual states have begun to circumvent the lack of federal funding by independently raising monetary support for the research. The patentee, The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, has reminded those hoping to benefit from the state funding that the Foundation will require royalties for the commercial use of its patented technology. The loss of state taxpayer money to the patent holder ignited a challenge on the patents themselves. Interest groups requested a reexamination of the stem cell patents …