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The United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland Patent Office’s smashing reports that the U.S. of America Supreme Court has agreed that it volition review a federal appeals courtroom determination that prevents drug fellowship Medimmune from challenging a Genentech patent. Medimmune claims that the Genetech patent was procured inward breach of the antitrust laws. However, the federal courtroom institute that Medimmune, equally a licensee, was barred from challenging the validity of a patent which it was licensing.

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