February 9, 2007

U. of Missouri Loses in Patent Appeal

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

The University of Missouri has been strongly rebuffed by a federal appeals court for trying to avoid a company's challenge to one of its patents by claiming immunity from lawsuits under the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

In a unanimous ruling last month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the university had given up its right to immunity because it had effectively begun a federal legal process when it asked the U.S. Patent and

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