June 24, 2005
Supreme Court Rules on Patent Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously last week that pharmaceutical makers have broad rights to use another party's patented material in the course of developing new drugs without infringing the patent.
The case did not involve academe directly but was being watched by colleges that are active in patenting.
Several universities and academic organizations, led by the patenting arm of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, had submitted a friend-of-the-court brief that urged
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