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16 November 2015Americas

CAFC to hear The Medicines Company v Hospira dispute en banc

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will consider en banc whether a “supplier exception” should be included in laws that prevent the patenting of inventions that have already been on sale.

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