Supreme Court’s Spider-Man Ruling Could Help Biotech Deals

In a Supreme Court ruling that came out earlier today, Justice Elena Kagan wrote somewhat tongue-in-cheek that “patents endow their holders with certain superpowers, but only for a limited time.”

However, a local patent attorney says that time can be extended a little using certain provisions outlined in the ruling, and that royalty agreements for both life science and technology technology companies in particular could benefit as a result.

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