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Supreme Court Rules on IP Case Life Sciences Manufacturers Are Following

February 24th, 2017
IP/Patents/Trademark, Life Sciences/Pharma, Patents/IP

By Mary An Merchant, Ph.D. / Intellectual Property and Life Sciences Groups – Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Do U.S. patent rights protect a patent owner from competitors that export key parts of inventions for reassembly in other countries? Competitive international activity is a common challenge for companies that only hold U.S. patents, especially when deciding whether, and where, to seek patent protection in other countries.  Diagnostic companies, medical device companies and others who hold patents on multicomponent inventions have followed this case closely.

The U.S. Supreme Court answered a part of the question recently, determining that exporting a staple article or commodity of a multicomponent

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