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Biotech

Aug. 11, 2011

Brian C. Cannon



Cannon said it was satisfying in June to get a U.S. Supreme Court decision backing the position his client, Roche Molecular Systems Inc., took against Stanford University from the beginning of a closely watched patent case more than five years ago. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems Inc., 09-1159.


The court said in a 7-2 decision that the Bayh-Dole Act, a law that promotes the commercialization...

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