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Oct. 2, 2009
Stanford Loses HIV Patent Dispute
A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against Stanford University in its patent infringement lawsuit on Wednesday, finding that it had no standing to sue Roche Molecular Systems Inc. because the company has an ownership interest in the patent.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN JOSE - One way or another, Stanford University seems destined to lose its patent infringement lawsuit against Roche Molecular Systems Inc.
A San Francisco judge ruled the patents over ways to measure HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - in blood samples were too obvious to deserve government protection. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated that conclusion Wedn...
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