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Intellectual Property

Apr. 13, 1999

Patent Medicine

By Chris Ford While the number of patents issued annually in the United States has doubled since 1988, a recent spate of court decisions may be eroding their pecuniary potential.

By Chris Ford
        While the number of patents issued annually in the United States has doubled since 1988, a recent spate of court decisions may be eroding their pecuniary potential.
        By narrowing patent enforceability, rulings from the Federal Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals disrupt the economics of protecting intellectual property, not only eating away ...

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