Integra v. Merck: Limiting the Scope of the 271(e)(1) Exception to Patent Infringement
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Drug Discovery Tools and the Clinical Research Exemption from Patent Infringement
Authors’ Note: Since we wrote the following article, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down its decision in Integra LifeSciences I, Ltd. v. Merck KGAA, Nos. 02-1052 and 02-1065) (Fed. Cir. June 6, 2003). The Court affirmed the holding of the District Court for the Southern District of California that the clinical research exemption from patent infringement, codified in 35 USC ...
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