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The Short-Sighted Attack On Patent Eligibility Of Healthcare Related Patents, Gregory Dolin
The Short-Sighted Attack On Patent Eligibility Of Healthcare Related Patents, Gregory Dolin
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On March 20, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided the case of Mayo Collaborative Svc. v. Prometheus Labs. At issue was a patent, held by Prometheus that taught doctors how to adjust the amount of thiopurine (a drug used for treatment of a variety of autoimmune diseases) administered to a patient. In an opinion by Justice Breyer, the Court held Prometheus’s invention to not be patent eligible and invalidated the patent. Though I believe that the reasoning the Court employed was erroneous and highly problematic (of which more later), the decision could have been viewed as …
Comments: Modest Proposals For A Complex Problem: Patent Misuse And Incremental Changes To The Hatch-Waxman Act As Solutions To The Problem Of Reverse Payment Settlements, Alyssa L. Brown
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