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48 AIPLA Q. J. 33 (2020)
Hybridizing Immunized Testimony for Prior Art Disclosures in Cannabis Litigation

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                   AIPLA   QUARTERLY JOURNAL


Volume   48, Number  1        Page  33                  Winter  2020


                               NOTE

         HYBRIDIZING IMMUNIZED TESTIMONY FOR
            PRIOR  ART   DISCLOSURES IN CANNABIS
                           LITIGATION

                             Tim Dunker*

I.     IN TR O D U CTIO N .................................................................................................34
II.    GENERAL FORMATTING       GUIDELINES .............................................................35
       A. PRIOR ART GENERALLY.......................................................................36
       B.     ANTICIPATION GENERALLY-ANALYSIS OF SECTION 102.................37
       C.     OBVIOUSNESS GENERALLY -ANALYSIS OF SECTION 103..................38
       D.     CANNABIS PATENT LITIGATION IN ACTION.......................................41
       E .    W ITN ESS IM M UN ITY  ............................................................................43
              1.     Transactional vs. Use Immunity  ...........................................45
              2.    Formal vs. Informal Immunity  ..............................................48
       F.     PARTIES LACK THE AUTHORITY TO INITIATE AN IMMUNITY REQUEST
              ........................................................................................................... 5 0
III.   A N A LY SIS...........................................................................................................51
       A.     LACK OF PRIOR ART IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY ............................52
       B.     PUBLIC INTEREST IN REQUESTING IMMUNITY ....................................54
IV .   C O N CLU SIO N .....................................................................................................57













       *  © 2020 Tim Dunker. Tim Dunker is a J.D. candidate at The George
          Washington University Law School. The author graduated from the
          University of Missouri in 2017 with a BS in Bioengineering. The author
          would like to thank Dmitry Karshtedt for his instruction and the AIPLA
          Quarterly Journal Publication Board for their hard work and support during
          this process.

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