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A Japanese lawyer has described a ruling by the Supreme Court of Japan as a “death sentence” for product-by-process patents and said it is a good time for drugs companies to challenge rivals’ patents.
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generics; big pharma; Japan Patent Office; Supreme Court of Japan; product-by-process patents; Takanori Abe; Global Pharma IP Forum
