Through the hard work of leading scientists at university labs, states have managed to amass millions of dollars in royalties from patents. So have private laboratories. But until 1992, when Congress passed the Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act, states were protected from the patent laws governing their competitors. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether Congress overstepped its authority by passing the act.
April 20, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Through the hard work of leading scientists at university labs, states have managed to amass millions of dollars in royalties from patents in biotechnology, software and numerous other fields. So have private laboratories that do their own ground-breaking work in those areas.
But states are trying to use the Constitution to provide unencumbered access to patented technologies developed by private corporations or individuals.
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