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Re:Leaked: What's in TPP’s intellectual property chapter by ScottBurson on Thursday July 02, 2015 @01:25AM (#9817005)
Is it really clear that the draft TPP language quoted here would reverse the Clarinex decision? It seems to me that the phrase "involves an inventive step" would permit challenges based on obviousness. See for example [0]. While what is "obvious" and what is "inventive" can always be debated, I don't see that this language alters the ground on which that debate will play out.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obvious...

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Re:Leaked: What's in TPP’s intellectual property chapter by Animats on Thursday July 02, 2015 @01:38PM (#9820368)
It's intended to allow patents on "me too" drugs generally.[1][2][3]

[1] http://www.healthline.com/health-news/would-the-trans-partne... [2] https://www.citizen.org/documents/specific%20provisions%20fi... [3] http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/06/04/opinion/implicati...

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