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Bringing Stability to Biotechnology Patents

A court decision points the way to a more even-handed method of dealing with infringement issues in biotechnology patents

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  1. The views expressed in this article belong only to the author and do not reflect the views of any clients of Finnegan, Henderson.

  2. One recent example is reported as Genentech, Inc. v. Wellcome Foundation Ltd., 29 F.3d 1555, 31 U.S.P.Q.2d 1161 (Fed. Cir. 1994).

  3. 52 F.3d 967, 34 U.S.P.Q.2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en bane).

  4. Genentech, supra note 2, 14 U.S.P.Q.2d at 1366.

  5. McGill, Inc. v.JohnZink Co., 736 F.2d 666,674 (Fed. Cir.) cert, denied, 469 U.S. 1037 (1984).

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Kirschner, M. Bringing Stability to Biotechnology Patents. Nat Biotechnol 13, 1178–1179 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1195-1178

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