UPDATED: ITC blocks Chinese imports of rice-derived rHSA products after ALJ review

Commission overturns one ALJ finding but affirms all others, agreeing that Wuhan Healthgen infringed Ventria's rice seed patent | Dispute concerns recombinant human proteins derived from genetically engineered rice.

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UPDATED: ITC blocks Chinese imports of rice-derived rHSA products after ALJ review

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