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Enablement In Biotechnology Cases After In Re Goodman, John C. Todaro Oct 1994

Enablement In Biotechnology Cases After In Re Goodman, John C. Todaro

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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Product-By-Process Patent Claims: Majority Of The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Forgets Purpose Of The Patent Act, Mark D. Passler Oct 1994

Product-By-Process Patent Claims: Majority Of The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit Forgets Purpose Of The Patent Act, Mark D. Passler

University of Miami Law Review

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Environmentally Dependent Inventions And The "On Sale" And "Public Use" Bars Of § 102(B): A Proffered Solution To A Statutory Dichotomy, James A. Jorgensen Oct 1994

Environmentally Dependent Inventions And The "On Sale" And "Public Use" Bars Of § 102(B): A Proffered Solution To A Statutory Dichotomy, James A. Jorgensen

University of Miami Law Review

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Commentary: Authority Of The Commissioner Over The Board Of Patent Appeals And Interferences, R. Carl Moy Jan 1994

Commentary: Authority Of The Commissioner Over The Board Of Patent Appeals And Interferences, R. Carl Moy

Faculty Scholarship

On August 3, 1992, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments on the PTO's appeal procedures. Taken in context, then, the notice can be fairly said to raise the issue whether, under the existing statute, the Board is subservient to the Commissioner. It also raises the broader question of whether such a subservient arrangement is desirable or, alternatively, whether the statute should be modified if necessary to give the Board decisional independence from the Commissioner. This Commentary is directed primarily to this latter point. In summary, it concludes that the …


Antitrust Law And Patent Misconduct In The Proprietary Drug Industry, Michael A. Sanzo Jan 1994

Antitrust Law And Patent Misconduct In The Proprietary Drug Industry, Michael A. Sanzo

Villanova Law Review

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Worms, Mice, Cows And Pigs: The Importance Of Animal Patents In Developing Countries, Elisabeth T. Jozwiak Jan 1994

Worms, Mice, Cows And Pigs: The Importance Of Animal Patents In Developing Countries, Elisabeth T. Jozwiak

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Transgenic animals play a large role in several critical industries: the pharmaceutical industry, the agricultural industry, farming, and medical research. As these biotechnology-oriented industries have grown, the United States and other industrialized nations have realized the importance of patent protection for genetically-engineered animals. Unfortunately, lesser-developed countries (LDCs), which can benefit the most from such industries, do not provide adequate patent protection for transgenic animals, even though patent protection for transgenic animals could ultimately lead to reduction in starvation and disease, two of the biggest problems facing many LDCs. The United States should pursue bilateral negotiations with developing countries in the …


Patents In Health Care - Subsidy And Victimisation?, Michael Henry Davis Jan 1994

Patents In Health Care - Subsidy And Victimisation?, Michael Henry Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In theory, a patent provides a monopoly over a product or a process in return for the disclosure of an inventive discovery. In practice, however, it is an indirect form of government intervention in healthcare which carries enormous calculable costs but whose benefits are entirely a matter of faith. It is ironic that in healthcare of all areas, where the guiding principle is the application of the scientific method, extraordinary investments are made in a system which so far has not been subjected to any scientific test.