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Former House Economist Sets Sights on Inequitable Conduct "Reform"

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- Economist Alex Brill, who last fall released a report on follow-on biologics, is back, this time focusing on proposals for "reforming" the U.S. patent system instead of suggestions for creating a follow-on biologics regulatory pathway. Patent Docs readers may recall that in November, Mr. Brill (at right), a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former chief economist to the House Ways and Means Committee, issued a white paper asserting that a follow-on biologics regulatory pathway providing a data exclusivity period of seven years would be "sufficient for maintaining strong incentives to innovate while fostering...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).