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Validity Of Patents On HIV/AIDS Treatment Challenged

By Intellectual Property Watch

Eight patents on HIV/AIDS medicines are being challenged by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), a US-based nonprofit legal service group working to “protect the public from the harms caused by errors within the patent system, particularly the harms caused by undeserved patents and unsound patent policy,” the group has announced. The patents, held by US-based Abbott [...]

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).