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posted by Fnord666 on Monday September 11 2017, @10:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the clever-lawyers dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by bradley13 on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:42AM (1 child)

    by bradley13 (3053) on Tuesday September 12 2017, @07:42AM (#566591) Homepage Journal

    The Indian nations are sovereign when it suits them, but happy to suck off the federal teat when it doesn't.

    Collective guilt only goes so far. The Indian nations either need to become truly sovereign, and take full responsibility for themselves. Or this sham sovereignty needs to be eliminated entirely. Pick one.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 12 2017, @01:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 12 2017, @01:55PM (#566727)

    but... they were soverign before being enlightned people with guns rounded them up and put them on crummy land. perhaps you can help arm their resistance and re-establish their control of the US?

    i forgot, you andrew jackson supporters like to blame victims for their problems. with white supremacy comes white man's burden, and i feel sorry for you.