Acorda Asks Justices To Abolish 'Blocking Patent' Doctrine

By Ryan Davis (April 10, 2019, 6:19 PM EDT) -- Acorda Therapeutics has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to abolish the "blocking patent" doctrine that the Federal Circuit used to invalidate four of its patents on its multiple sclerosis drug Ampyra, saying the "rigid, legally flawed" rule threatens patents and flouts the law....

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