Comments on: Medical wisdom patentable? https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/medical-wisdom-patentable/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: IAAL https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/medical-wisdom-patentable/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:37:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3252#comment-2477 The NY Times author mucks up the facts a bit. You can’t get a remedy for suing a medical practitioner for infringing a method patent related to a medical procedure. (See 35 USC 287(c)(1)). Therefore, while he certainly infringes, there will be NO remedy available against the Dr under the current law.

You can get an infringement action and a remedy for inducement or contributory infringement from the publishing companies though. Just thought I’d focus this issue a bit.

]]> By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/medical-wisdom-patentable/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:47:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3252#comment-2478 Ironies of the Times

Jonathan at his blog notes that the New York Times’ editorialists nod their approval at patent reform, but not class action reform, even though the two kinds of reform share many similarities in their aim to curb baseless litigation. Could…

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