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Intellectual Property and Access to Medicine, Are Patents the Barrier?

Especially now with the COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver debate, it comes to our mind the relationship between patent system and access to medicine. As in all over fields where intellectual property protection exists, without appropriate patent protection…

August 6, 2021Unsorted1 min read

PTAB Sovereign Immunity Dispute Heads to CAFC

Federal Circuit to Consider PTAB Sovereign Immunity Defense State-affiliated entities enjoy immunity from suit in federal courts under the 11th amendment. To date, a handful of such entities have successfully leveraged the same immunity theory to avoid…

February 15, 2018PTAB2 min read