Merck’s $200m patent damages award voided after “misconduct”

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Merck’s $200m patent damages award voided after “misconduct”

June 09 2016
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Northern District of California judge rules Merck forfeited its right to assert patents against Gilead because of "unclean hands" and "numerous unconscionable acts", voiding the second-largest US patent damages award of 2016 so far

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