Months after Allergan (NYSE:AGN) struck a controversial patent deal with a Native American tribe in New York, lawmakers are angling to make sure that it can’t happen again.
Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ar), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) David Perdue (R-Ga), Joni Ernst (R-Ia) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa) introduced a bill this week that would prevent patent owners from claiming sovereign immunity as a means to shield IP from review by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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