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22 October 2025NewsAmericasMarisa Woutersen

Less is more: patent lawyers flip the script after Amgen

The Supreme Court’s 2023 Amgen ruling turned patent strategy upside down. Now lawyers are rethinking everything they thought they knew about protecting inventions. Marisa Woutersen reports from LSPN North America–Fall.

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