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Article Title

The National Institutes of Health, Patents, and the Public Interest: an Expanded Rationale of Justice Breyer’s Dissent in Stanford v. Roche

Authors

Nida Shakir

Abstract

In February 2010, the Alzheimer’s Institute of America (AIA) filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Jackson Laboratory, the largest repository of research mice in the world. AIA sued Jackson Laboratory for infringing on AIA’s patent covering a DNA mutation linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Jackson Lab allegedly violated that patent by distributing mice especially bred for Alzheimer’s research. READ MORE, download the article.