July 11, 2003

Supreme Court Won't Hear Duke's Appeal in Key Patent Case

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

In a blow to many academic-research institutions, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider an appeal by Duke University in a five-year-old dispute with a former faculty member over its use of a device that he invented.

Duke officials and some other advocates for academic research said the court's action in late June, which left in place a lower-court ruling on patent infringement, could make it harder and more expensive for universities to conduct research using tools that are

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