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Intellectual Property

Jan. 29, 2009

Biotech Lawyer's Patent Flap Ends in a Draw

After more than three weeks of trial, a San Francisco federal jury issued two separate verdicts maintaining the status quo between competing Southern California-based life science companies embroiled in a patent dispute.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - After more than three weeks of trial, a San Francisco federal jury issued two separate verdicts maintaining the status quo between competing Southern California-based life science companies embroiled in a patent dispute.

Two weeks ago, the jury vindicated a patent attorney accused by his former employer of withholding his own inventions and secretly selling them to a competitor in breach ...

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