Sealing the Coffin on the Experimental Use Exception

By: Jennifer Miller

In a petition for writ of certiorari, Duke University requests that the Supreme Court reverse a Federal Circuit holding that, in its view, “seals the coffin on the experimental use exception for private universities.” This iBrief discusses the Federal Circuit’s decision in Madey v. Duke University and its possible effects on the progress of science.

Cite: 2003 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 0012