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Federal Trade Commission V. Actavis, Inc. And Reverse-Payment Or Pay-For-Delay Settlements, Jacob S. Sherkow
Federal Trade Commission V. Actavis, Inc. And Reverse-Payment Or Pay-For-Delay Settlements, Jacob S. Sherkow
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An imminent US Supreme Court ruling should resolve one of the thorniest legal issues facing pharmaceutical companies today.
The Future Of Gene Patents And The Implications For Medicine, Jacob S. Sherkow, Henry Greely
The Future Of Gene Patents And The Implications For Medicine, Jacob S. Sherkow, Henry Greely
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The Supreme Court decision in Myriad Genetics struck down the patenting of human genomic DNA. What will this mean for genetic testing and medicine, more broadly?
What If Extinction Is Not Forever?, Jacob S. Sherkow
What If Extinction Is Not Forever?, Jacob S. Sherkow
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Patent Infringement As Criminal Conduct, Jacob S. Sherkow
Patent Infringement As Criminal Conduct, Jacob S. Sherkow
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Criminal and civil law differ greatly in their use of the element of intent. The purposes of intent in each legal system are tailored to effectuate very different goals. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., 131 S. Ct. 2060 (2011), however, imported a criminal concept of intent — willful blindness — into the statute for patent infringement, a civil offense, despite these differences. This importation of a criminal law concept of intent into the patent statute is novel and calls for examination. This Article compares the purposes behind intent in criminal law with the …