November 26, 2004

U. of New Mexico Wins a Patent Ruling

By DANIEL ENGBER

A federal appeals court has ruled for the University of New Mexico in a patent dispute that pitted the institution against two scientists who said it had taken their rights to a promising cancer treatment. The appeals court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of the scientists' claims against the university and ordered them to pay almost $64,000 to partly defray its legal costs.

The case stretches back more than a decade. Galen D. Knight, a biochemist and former research associate at

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