Licensing Restrictions on Fields of Use vs. Adjacent Markets: a Potential Economic Basis for Different Legal Treatment
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The idea for these remarks was triggered by the ongoing litigation between DuPont and Monsanto involving biotech traits in agriculture, specifically for corn and soybean seeds.1 I am not involved in this litigation and am only peripherally familiar with the issues based on public information, especially DuPont’s counterclaims.2 I will ignore various issues in the litigation, like the validity of Monsanto’s patents. The part that piqued my interest was the dispute about the licensing restrictions.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011