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19 December 2018Americas

Judge publishes reasoning in Washington University v WARF dispute

The University of Wisconsin’s licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), “improperly favoured” its own interests in breach of a contract related to patent licensing, according to Senior District Judge Joseph Bataillon.

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