Native Americans,
Intellectual Property,
Government
Mar. 12, 2018
Senators introduce bill to kill patent transfers to tribes
In a legislative bid to squelch arrangements such as the controversial deal in which Allergan transferred patents to a Native American tribe, five U.S. senators have introduced a bill to allow courts and other agencies to review patents regardless of what they described as sovereign immunity claims made as part of “sham transactions.”
In a legislative bid to squelch arrangements such as the controversial deal in which Allergan PLC transferred patents to a Native American tribe, five U.S. senators introduced a bill to allow courts and some agencies to review patents regardless of what they described as sovereign immunity claims made as part of "sham transactions."
The legislation, called the Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act, comes after Allerga...
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