Dr. Lowe has scary patent news. Allergan's patent on Restasis is being questioned in court.
Last December, the US Patent Office granted an inter partes review of the relevant patents, a decision that did not go down well with Allergan or its investors. That form of patent review has been around since 2011 and the America Invents Act, and its purpose is specifically for prior art objections to a granted patent.
Looks bad for Allergan, but then they got sneaky. They transferred the patent rights to St. Regis Mohawk Indian Nation. Why? The Indian Nation is a sovereign nation, and our patent laws don't apply to them.
Scary stuff.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday September 12 2017, @06:00AM (1 child)
Seems like that hasn't stopped governments before [wikipedia.org] -- but maybe that case wasn't an issue of jurisdiction.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday September 12 2017, @06:16AM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?