Stanford University-Roche Patent Fight Will Get U.S. Supreme Court Review
Source: bloomberg.com Posted By: Hinton B...5167 days ago
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case involving Stanford University and Roche Holding AG to clarify the rules that govern rights to inventions developed using federal funds.
The justices today said they will hear an appeal from Stanford, which is seeking to revive its lawsuit against a Roche unit over patents covering ways to test how well AIDS treatments are working.
A federal appeals court said Roche couldn’t be sued because it was a co-owner of the patents under an agreement with a....