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The Supreme Court's war on intellectual property

Nature Biotechnology volume 18, pages 101–102 (2000)Cite this article

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The Rehnquist Doctrine has decisively liberated states from the intellectual property constraints that bind private corporations.

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  1. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank et al.; College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board et al.; and Alden et al. v. Maine (all decided on June 23, 1999).

  2. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 US 44 (1996).

  3. France, M. Business Week, August 2, 1999, p. 74.

  4. Taylor, C. Time, November 15, 1999, p. 62 .

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  1. senior partner at Gardner & Gardner, Attorneys, P.C., 111 Southwest Columbia Street, Suite 810, Portland, 97201, OR

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Gardner, J. The Supreme Court's war on intellectual property. Nat Biotechnol 18, 101–102 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/71772

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