Apple obtains compulsory license on patents owned by WARF, by District Court Judge in Wisconsin

On June 6, 2017, Judge William Martin Conley, a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, issued a compulsory license allowing Apple Computers to use a patent it had infringed, owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), in return for an ongoing royally. Apple was found to infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752, titled “Table based data speculation circuit for parallel processing computer. WARF asked for a permanent injunction to prevent future infringement. Continue Reading

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Groups ask Army to reconsider decision that would allow French firm to charge U.S. anything it wants on federally-funded vaccine

23 May 2017

Groups ask Army to reconsider decision that would allow French firm to charge the US anything it wants on a federally funded Zika vaccine

CONTACT: Zack Struver, zack.struver@keionline.org, +1 (914) 582-1428
Andrew Goldman, andrew.goldman@keionline.org
James Love, james.love@keionline.org, +1 (202) 361-3040

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Dr. Elias Zerhouni defends Sanofi/Army proposed license on Zika patents, and KEI responds

On March 21, 2017, the New York Times published a letter signed by Dr. Elias Zerhouni, defending the proposed Sanofi monopoly on the US Army patents to the Zika virus. The letter is available from the NYT from the following link, and also reprinted here, followed by commentary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/opinion/developing-a-zika-vaccine.html

To the Editor:

Re “Trump Should Avoid a Bad Zika Deal” (Op-Ed, March 11):

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Maryland House of Delegates passes bill on prescription drug price gouging by vote of 137 to 4

On March 20, 2017, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a prescription drug price gouging bill by a vote of 137-4. A copy of the bill, as it passed the House, is attached.

This is a March 20, 2017 Report by Erin Cox, published in the Baltimore Sun:

Maryland’s attorney general could sue drug companies for price gouging under a bill approved by the House of Delegates Monday.

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